Sadako DX

"This curse mutates and spreads."

2022 1h 40m JA

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4.4

SKIP

★4.4TMDB · 45

HorrorMysteryComedy

Synopsis

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Ayaka Ichijo is a graduate student with an IQ of 200 who tries to investigate the strange deaths happening nationwide after people supposedly watched a cursed video and her younger sister also did the same out of curiosity.

“This curse mutates and spreads.”

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Cast

Fuka Koshiba
Ayaka Ichijo
Kazuma Kawamura
Oji Maeda
Naomi Nishida
Chieko Ichijo
Yuki Yagi
Futaba Ichijo
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Psychic Kenshin
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Ryushin Tendou
Mario Kuroba
Roido Kanden
Wan Marui
Ai Naruse

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hisashi Kimura
Writers: Yuya Takahashi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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CINEMA

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

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hisashi Kimura, shot by Takahito Kasai. 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 Koji Endo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Takashi Tominaga shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Fuka Koshiba and Kazuma Kawamura and Naomi Nishida carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "This curse mutates and spreads.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hisashi Kimura directs. Takahito Kasai behind the camera. Koji Endo scores. Takashi Tominaga cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 4 years ago.
2Part of the "Ring Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Hisashi Kimura, shot by Takahito Kasai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Koji Endo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Takashi Tominaga shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Fuka Koshiba and Kazuma Kawamura and Naomi Nishida carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "This curse mutates and spreads.".
9IMDB entry: tt19815280 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 45 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Takahito Kasai
Original score: Koji Endo
Editing: Takashi Tominaga
Makeup / hair: Chieko Naijô
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Status: Released
Box office: $2,352,175
Original language: JA
Certification (US): 14
IMDB: Sadako DX (2022)

Part of

Ring Collection

A series of supernatural horror films, based on the series of novels of the same name by Koji Suzuki, about a cursed videotape that kills anyone who watches it seven days later.