Ever since the release of Hideo Nagata’s landmark effort “Ringu” in 1998, the term ‘J-Horror’ has been bandied about and adopted for numerous films and influenced efforts from other countries until a slight downturn of releases several years ago. Now that it seems that the style is amid a rebirth, the new film from director Hirotaka ‘Otsuichi’ Adachi, ‘Stare,’ aims to help reinvigorate the genre with its North American premiere screening at the 2019 Fantasia International Film Festival
Following several strange deaths, reporter Mizuki Yamamura (Marie Iitoyo) discovers a connection between the victims when her friend is the latest victim. Eventually, she also learns that all of the killed individuals had earlier invoked a sinister spirit known as Shirai-san, which her husband Haruo (Yo Inaba) also gets involved with. Slowly investigating the strange encounters alongside her friend Mamiya (Shota Sometani) a researcher on local folklore, they find themselves cursed by the...
Following several strange deaths, reporter Mizuki Yamamura (Marie Iitoyo) discovers a connection between the victims when her friend is the latest victim. Eventually, she also learns that all of the killed individuals had earlier invoked a sinister spirit known as Shirai-san, which her husband Haruo (Yo Inaba) also gets involved with. Slowly investigating the strange encounters alongside her friend Mamiya (Shota Sometani) a researcher on local folklore, they find themselves cursed by the...
- 7/18/2019
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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