Joyu-rei (1996)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1996
Running Times: 74 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: WoWow Inc / Film Bank
Producers: Koji Kobayashi, Takenori Sento
Associate Producers: Shigeki Osawa, Yasushi Tsuge

SCRIPT
Script: Hiroshi Takahashi
Story: Hideo Nakata

DIRECTION
Director: Hideo Nakata
Assistant Director: Kazuhiro Higaki

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Takeshi Hamada
Lighting: Kôichi Watanabe

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Shuuichi Kakesu

MUSIC
Music: Akifumi Kawamura, Takagi Kenji
Music Producer: Kenji Takagi

SOUND
Sound: Susumu Take

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Iwao Saito

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Mayumi Yoshida

CAST
Yanagi Yuurei (Murai Toshio)
Shirashima Yasuyo (Kurokawa Hitomi)
Ishibashi Kei (Murakami Saori)
Oosugi Ren (Otani)
Sabu (Sekikawa)
Kikuchi Takanori (Hayama Masaru)
Takahashi Akira (Roku-san)
Negishi Toshie (Tsutsumi Tokiko)
Serizawa Reita (Sadaoka)
Hibino Akira (actor)
Kobayashi Kouji (Mochiduki Shigeru)
Lee Tan (woman)
Iijima Daisuke (inspector)
Kojima Naomi (actress)
Someya Katsunori (Tomoyasu)
Yoshida Yuuken (Kasuya)

PLOT SUMMARY

While a production crew try to finish filming a world war II drama, their studio is haunted by the ghost of an actress who died there a few years before.

Hong Kong
VCD Distributor: EDKO Film Ltd

Japan
Video Distributor: Bandai Visual (BES-2465)
Theatrical Distributor: Bitters End

South Korea
Theatrical Distributor: Film Bank

1996
March
2: Japan - theatrical release

1999
September
17: Taiwan - theatrical release

2000
February
17: Hong Kong - theatrical release

2001
March
3: South Korea - theatrical release

2002
October
31: USA - television broadcast (on The Sundance Channel)

Don't Look Up - International English language title
Ghost Actress - alternative US title

KEYWORDS

actresses, directors, film-makers. film-making, film sets, ghosts

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008