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Ghost Theater

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Ghost Theater
Poster
劇場霊
Directed byHideo Nakata
Screenplay byJunya Kato
Ryuta Miyake
Story byHideo Nakata
Based onDon't Look Up
by Hideo Nakata
Produced byYasushi Akimoto
StarringHaruka Shimazaki
Mantaro Koichi
Rika Adachi
Riho Takada
Keita Machida
Ikuji Nakamura
Music byKenji Kawai
Production
company
Django Films
Distributed byShochiku
Release dates
  • October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05) (BIFF)
  • November 21, 2015 (2015-11-21) (Japan)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
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]

In May 2018, an anthology series based on the film was released in the United States on Toku.

Synopsis

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Sara (Haruka Shimazaki) is a young actress who gained her a small role in a stage play directed by Gota Nishikino (Mantaro Koichi). Sara is admired by the leading actresses Aoi (Riho Takada) and Kaori (Rika Adachi), who are practicing hard every day. But then, a female staff member is found dead in the theater. While the police are investigating the situation, Aoi falls down from a balcony and loses consciousness. Due to her injuries she won't be able to play the leading role, Gota gives the part to Sara to takeover her lead role. But Sara has got to learn very soon that having the leading role is not to her advantage as she learns that somebody or something is trying to end the production at all cost, which puts Sara in deadly danger.[3]

Cast

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Release

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

Reception

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Box office

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

Critical response

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Maggie Lee of Variety responded negatively to the film, stating that "Hideo Nakata sinks to new lows with this creaky and vacuous backstage thriller."[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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 (2015), retrieved 2023-05-12
  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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