Chakushin ari (2003)

Director:

Takashi Miike

Writers:

Yasushi Akimoto (novel)
Minako Daira (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 January 2004 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

Death cannot be put on hold...

Plot:

People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths.

Plot Keywords:

Death | Message | Hospital | Asthma | Friend

Cast

Kou Shibasaki	...	Yumi Nakamura
Shin'ichi Tsutsumi	...	Hiroshi Yamashita
Kazue Fukiishi	...	Natsumi Konishi
Anna Nagata	...	Yoko Okazaki
Atsushi Ida	...	Kenji Kawai
Mariko Tsutsui	...	Marie Mizunuma
Kumiko Imai
Keiko Tomita
Kayoko Fujii
Yoshiko Noda
Azusa	...	Ritsuko Yamashita
Tetsushi Tanaka
Mitsuhiro Sato
Kaoru Hanaki
Hassei Takano

Also Known As:

One Missed Call (Philippines: English title) (USA)
You've Got a Call (Japan: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, disturbing images and brief nudity.

Runtime:

Japan:112 min | USA:111 min | Argentina:112 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Italy:T | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Malaysia:U (cut version) | South Korea:15 | Peru:14 | UK:15 | New Zealand:R16 | France:-12 | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Spain:18

Company:

Kadokawa-Daiei Eiga K.K.

Trivia:

In the Philippines, the movie poster carries the tagline "For the creators of The Ring and Juon: The Grudge 2." The two mentioned movies have no connection with this movie (except both movies also came from Japan where this movie was originated).

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When the hand is reaching for Yumi in the hospital, the finger twists backwards, however, you can see someone’s hand holding up the arm when the arm and finger start to contort backwards.

Movie Connections:

Version of "Chakushin ari" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Ikutsuka no Sora

Not Up To Other Miike Chillers But Good Nevertheless

With "One Missed Call," Takashi Miike takes a break from his crazy surreal masterworks. It's a pretty straightforward (for Miike) ghost story more in tune with the latest Asian horror films like "The Grudge" than with Miike's infamous icky films. The film revolves around a group of young friends who mysteriously start receiving calls on their cellular phones. The calls are made by themselves in the near future and each call foretells their deaths. The plot is interesting if unoriginal. Once again, you get to see another ghost with long black hair terrorizing the main characters. But Miike creates some fantastically spooky murder-set-pieces that are a lot of fun. It's second tier Miike but it is very entertaining.