It never forgives. It never forgets.
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
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Earnest, grave, bleak and unpretentious.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Sarah Michelle GellarKaren Davis
- Jason BehrDoug McCarthy
- Takako FujiKayako Saeki
- Yuya OzekiToshio Saeki
- William MapotherMatthew Williams
- Clea DuVallJennifer Williams
- KaDee StricklandSusan Williams
- Grace ZabriskieEmma Williams
- Bill PullmanPeter Kirk
- Rosa BlasiMaria Kirk
Crew
- Takashi ShimizuDirector
- Takashi ShimizuWriter
- Stephen SuscoWriter
- Hideo YamamotoDirector of Photography
- Christopher YoungOriginal Music Composer
- Jeff BetancourtEditor
- Robert TapertProducer
- Sam RaimiProducer
- Takashige IchiseProducer
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Pairings
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