Corpse Party: Book of Shadows

2016 1h 26m JA

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6.2

MID

★6.2TMDB · 17

Horror

Synopsis

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To bring back her dead friends, high school student Naomi (Rina Ikoma) goes back to the elementary school where a tragedy took place. She becomes involved in a new incident.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Rina Ikoma
Naomi Nakashima
Ryousuke Ikeoka
Satoshi Mochida
Nozomi Maeda
Ayumi Shinozaki
Ren Ishikawa
Touko Kirisaki
Atomu Mizuishi
Kensuke Kurosaki
Jun
Yoshiki Kishinuma
Yoko Kita
Seiko Shinohara
Nijika Ishimori
Hinoe Shinozaki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Masafumi Yamada
Writers: Makoto Kedouin
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Corpse Party Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Masafumi Yamada, shot by Atsushi Yoshida. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Rina Ikoma and Ryousuke Ikeoka and Nozomi Maeda carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5641606 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Masafumi Yamada directs. Atsushi Yoshida behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Part of the "Corpse Party Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Masafumi Yamada, shot by Atsushi Yoshida. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Rina Ikoma and Ryousuke Ikeoka and Nozomi Maeda carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt5641606 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.