Ghost Theater

Ghost Theater

Poster
劇場霊
Directed by Hideo Nakata
Produced by Yasushi Akimoto
Screenplay by Junya Kato
Ryuta Miyake
Story by Hideo Nakata
Based on Don't Look Up
by Hideo Nakata
Starring Haruka Shimazaki
Mantaro Koichi
Rika Adachi
Riho Takada
Keita Machida
Ikuji Nakamura
Music by Kenji Kawai
Production
company
Django Films
Distributed by Shochiku
Release dates
  • October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05) (BIFF)
  • November 21, 2015 (2015-11-21) (Japan)
Running time
99 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office ¥57.2 million

Ghost Theater (劇場霊 Gekijourei) is a 2015 Japanese horror film directed by Hideo Nakata and a remake of Don't Look Up (1996).[1] It was released on November 21, 2015.[2]

Synopsis[3]

Sara (Haruka Shimazaki) is cast to play a small role in a stage play directed by Gota Nishikino (Mantaro Koichi). Aoi (Riho Takada) and Kaori (Rika Adachi) are the lead actresses and they prepare hard every day. Then, a female staff member is found dead in the theater. Aoi falls down and loses consciousness. Sara is then picked to takeover her lead role.

Cast

Release

The film was part of the Midnight Passion section of the 20th Busan International Film Festival.[1]

Reception

Box office

The film grossed ¥57.2 million on its opening weekend in Japan.[4]

Critical response

Maggie Lee of Variety said that "Hideo Nakata sinks to new lows with this creaky and vacuous backstage thriller."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Maggie Lee (October 6, 2015). "Busan Film Review: 'Ghost Theater'". variety.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  2. "劇場霊(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  3. "Ghost Theater". asianwiki. Retrieved 18th November 2016
  4. Kevin Ma (25 November 2015). "Local youth fares top Japan box office". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

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