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297:. Shinobu learns from Asuka's foster parents that her entire family had died years ago; since then, Asuka has been blaming herself. Shinobu invites his psychic friend, Sanae Nonomura, who learns that Shinozaki's spirit is not hostile - he only wants to thank her for discovering him and warn her that she is in danger. She is actually haunted by Minoru, a boy from the apartment complex who died 13 years ago when he hid inside a garbage incinerator during a hide-and-seek game and was burned to death. 415: 293:), a cleaner with experiences in the supernatural who tells her that the living and the dead experience time differently: the living moves forward, while the dead is stuck at the time they died. Asking about Shinozaki's haunting, she is told that he can contact a psychic friend of his. Returning home, Asuka is greeted by a completely empty home and no family and becomes 281:
Asuka begins experiencing strange occurrences, including scratching noises and the sound of an alarm clock, both coming from Shinozaki's flat. She is also wary of her own family, who seem to be repeating the same actions and conversations every day. She later discovers Shinozaki died while scratching
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to expel Minoru's spirit from her damaged mind. Shinobu stops Asuka from letting Minoru in the flat even when Minoru projects her family's last memories. However, he himself is lured into Minoru's trap by the projection of his
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Asuka, found scratching and screaming at her apartment floor, is taken back by her foster parents. Despite their care, she continues to babble about her dead parents and brother while clutching her brother's doll.
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Asuka becomes withdrawn and depressed, refusing to move out. She continues to play with Minoru, seeing him as a replacement for her dead little brother. Shinobu and Nonomura force her to undergo an
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the wall, which she heard. A detective tells her that he has been dead for three days without anyone knowing. Since then, Asuka feels that Shinozaki resents her for not finding him sooner.
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debuted in first place at the Japanese Box Office grossing $ 1,486,523. It remained at the top of the Japanese Box Office for two weeks. The film has grossed a total of $ 8,738,992.
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follows events leading up to those that take place in the film. It began airing in Japan on April 9, 2013. In May 2018, the series was released in the
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panned the film as a "disappointingly cliche-bound return to J-Horror inspires more giggles than shivers."
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arrives to clean Shinozaki's flat, Asuka becomes acquainted with Shinobu Sasahara (
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on January 27, 2013. It had its theatrical release in Japan on May 18, 2013.
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on May 18 that same year. A 12 episode drama, titled
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Hideo Nakata
Atsuko Maeda
Hiroki Narimiya
Kenji Kawai
Shochiku
horror film
Hideo Nakata
Rotterdam Film Festival
Japan
United States
Toku
Atsuko Maeda
Naomi Nishida
a cleanup team
Hiroki Narimiya
hysterical
exorcism
vegetative
Megumi Sato
Atsuko Maeda
Hiroki Narimiya
Naomi Nishida
Megumi Sato
Yurei Yanagi
Rotterdam Film Festival

adding to it
Screen Daily
The Hollywood Reporter

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