Skyhigh gekijo-ban [2003]

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 2003
Running Times: 122 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Amuse / Toei / TV Asahi / Asahi hoso
Executive Producers: Yokichi Osato, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Shinya Kawai, Junichi Kimura
Producers: Hitoshi Endo, Hiroshi Deme, Ikuei Yokochi
Associate Producers: Hisahiro Hashida, Ken Fukuyoshi, Shinji Kabuyanagi, Kazuyuki Sato
Assistant Producer: Keishiro Shin
Planners: Masayuki Miyashita, Shigeyuki Endo, Megumi Iwanaga, Seichi Wada

SCRIPT
Script: Isao Kiriyama
Comic: Skyhigh by Tsutomu Takahashi

DIRECTION
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Takumi Furuya

MUSIC
Music: Nobuhiko Morino, Daisuke Yano

CAST
Yumiko Shaku [Mina / Izuko]
Takao Osawa [Kudo]
Shosuke Tanihara [Kanzaki]
Yuka Itaya
Aya Okamoto
Masato Sakai
Eihi Shiina [Izuko
Hiromasa Taguchi
Naho Toda
Maiko Yamada
Kimika Yoshino

SUMMARY

A serial killer is slaughtering young women and removing their hearts. When his fiancé Mina is apparently killed by the murderer, Detective Kanzaki comes to suspect that geneticist Dr Kudo and his secretary Rei are the killers. They are planning to take six hearts for a ceremony that will open the Gate of Rage and allow demons into our world. to grant any wish, but darkness will fall upon the earth...

AVAILABILITY

Japan
DVD Distributors: Amuse [ASBY-2484]

UK
DVD Distributors: Optimum Home Entertainment [OPTD0221]

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Singapore
Rating: PG

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: R

TIMELINE

2003
November
8: Japan - theatrical release

2005
July
25: UK - DVD release [Optimum Home Entertainment [OPTD0221]]

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Sky High - UK DVD title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Skyhigh [2003]

SEQUEL
Skyhigh 2 [2004]

WEB LINKS
Official Site

KEYWORDS

the afterlife, comic into film, devil worship, hearts, human sacrifices, manga, sacrifice, serial killers

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007