Shikoku (1999)

Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database	04.16.09

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years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She soon learns that her childhood friend, Sayuri, died several years ago and that Sayuri's mother, who used to perform seances and exorcisms, has gone almost insane with grief. After seeing Sayuri's ghost several times during the night, Hinako consults with some local experts on the paranormal and discovers that Sayuri's mother has something planned for her daughter... Movie Tagline: Some things are better left dead... Title: Shikoku Release Date: April 21, 2005 Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Horror All Genres: Horror, Thriller Languages: Japanese Country: Japan Colors: Color IMDB Rating: 5.4 Buried.com Rating: 6.4 - (Rate This Horror Movie at Buried.com) Category: Horror Movies Starting With S MPAA Rating: 16 Director(s): Shunichi Nagasaki Cast: yui Natsukawa ...Hinako Myoujin Michitaka Tsutsui ...Fumiya Akizawa Chiaki Kuriyama ...Sayori Hiura Toshie Negishi ...Teruko Hiura (Sayori's mother) Ren Osugi ...yasutaka Hiura (Sayori's father) Makoto Sato ...Sendo Taro Suwa ...Oda Tomoko Otakara ...yukari Asakawa Haduki Kozu ...Chizuko Oono Reila Aphrodite ... Shino Kaneko ... Remaining Cast: Producer(s): Masato Hara yasushi Tsuge Writer(s): Kunimi Manda Takenori Sento Composer(s): Satoshi Kadokura More Movie Taglines: Some things are better left dead... Movie Trivia: The title is a play on words. In Japanese, depending on which kanji is used, "shikoku" can mean "four countries" (which is the name of the island where the movie is set) or it can mean "land of the dead." IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Keywords: Ghost, Afterlife, Island, Drowning, Supernatural  ...[more] Keywords All: Witchcraft, Haunting Seen it? Rate it Currently 6.41/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 6.4 out of 10.0 - 54 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST