Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch

2018 1h 32m JA

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6.0

MID

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60%

FRESH

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5.4

IMDB

★6.0TMDB · 3🍅60%Rotten Tomatoes★5.4IMDB · 71

Horror

Synopsis

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A quiet woman receives a social media request from a middle-school friend, who she doesn’t remember fondly. The two meet at a hotel’s restaurant where they find a room numbered 666 containing Rokuroku, a long-neck woman wearing a red kimono.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Miho Nakanishi
Izumi
Shiho
Mika
Runa Tamano
Watanabe Kana
Karia Nomoto
Erika Asakura
Mickey Curtis
Yukijiro Hotaru
Issei Ishida

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Keita Amemiya
Writers: Sumiko Umeda, Yûki Kumagai, Keita Amemiya
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Keita Amemiya, shot by Shinji Tomita. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nobuhiko Morino. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Miho Nakanishi and Shiho and Runa Tamano carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7557858 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Keita Amemiya directs. Shinji Tomita behind the camera. Nobuhiko Morino scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 8 years ago.
2Directed by Keita Amemiya, shot by Shinji Tomita. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Nobuhiko Morino. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Miho Nakanishi and Shiho and Runa Tamano carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt7557858 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.