Marebito (2004)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 2004
Running Times: 92 mins
Format: colour     Digital Betacam
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Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Eurospace presents  Eiga Bancho  Co-produced by At Entertainment, Adness, Japan CableCast, Culture Publishers, Panorama Communication, Eurospace
Producers: Kenzo Horikoshi, Mihiko Hirata, Yoichiro Onishi, Atsuko Ohno
Producers For Euro Space / Yûro Supêsu: Atsuko Ôno, Kenzô Horikoshi
Associate Producers: Fumio Sebata, Hiroo Murakami, Takashi Horikoshi, Tsukasa Ariyoshi, Yoshiyasu Ikezaki

SCRIPT
Screenplay: Chiaki Konaka

DIRECTION
Director: Takashi Shimizu

PHOTOGRAPHY
Cinematographer: Tsukasa Tanabe
Lighting: Eiichi Minowa

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editing: Masahiro Ugajin

MUSIC
Music: Toshiyuki Takine

SOUND
Sound: Hajime Komiya

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Kuniko Hôjô

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Design: Atsuo Hirai

CAST
Shinya Tsukamoto (Masuoka)
Tomomi Miyashita (F)
Kazuhiro Nakahara (Kuroki)
Miho Ninagawa (Masuoka's wife)
Shun Sugata (MIB)

PLOT SUMMARY

A photographer investigates the ghosts that supposedly haunt a Tokyo subway.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Tartan Films

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Lions Gate Films Inc

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 16

AWARDS

2005
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, Belgium
Golden Raven (Takashi Shimizu) - winner

TIMELINE

2004
May
22: USA – shown at the Seattle International Film Festival

September
Day Unknown: Italy – shown at the Venice Film Festival

October
6: UK – shown at the Raindance Film Festival
23: Japan – shown at the Euro Space Center

2005
March
10: France – shown at the Deauville Asian Film Festival
18: Argentina – shown at the Mar del Plata Film Festival
24: Belgium – shown at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films

August
3: France – theatrical release
28: UK - shown at FrightFest, London

October
Day Unknown: USA – theatrical release

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KEYWORDS

book into film, cameramen, subways

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008