Synopsis
Nursing student Asuka has just moved into an apartment complex with her parents and younger brother. On the first night in her new room, she is awoken by a strange scratching sound coming from the apartment of her neighbor, a reclusive old man who has refused all attempts at communication. Concerned over his well being, Asuka enters his home only to find him dead from malnutrition. Worse, it looks as if he had been trying to claw his way into her room. Asuka learns that there have been a number of strange deaths in the complex over the years from Shinobu, the handyman cleaning up the old man’s apartment. Even the girls at school whisper rumors of it being haunted.
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Festival History
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Japan | May 13, 2013 |
| Streaming | Switzerland | July 9, 2013 |
| Theatrical | Germany | November 21, 2013 |
| Classification | Germany | 16 |
Versions & editions
| Home video | Hong Kong | December 13, 2013 |
Full credits
| Director | Hideo Nakata |
| Cast | Atsuko Maeda (Asuka Ninomiya), Hiroki Narimiya (Shinobu Sasahara), Masanobu Katsumura (Isao Ninomiya), Naomi Nishida (Sachiko Ninomiya), Sosei Tanaka (Minoru), Masaya Takahashi (Old Man Shinosaki), Satomi Tezuka (Sanae Nonomura), Shirô Namiki (Takehiko Ninomiya), Mariko Tsutsui (Eiko Ninomiya), Yûrei Yanagi (Ishizuka), Sota Aoyama (Kanemoto), Megumi Sato (Hitomi Makimura), Asaka Nakamura (Miki), Ryo Iwamatsu, Mayumi Asaka, Hiromi Hakoki, Misato Iwasaki (Volunteer housewife), Tarō Suwa (Police Detective) |
| Screenplay | Hideo Nakata, Junya Kato, Ryuta Miyake |
| Producer | Masayuki Akieda, Tadashi Tanaka |
| Executive producer | Keizô Yuri, Osamu Fujioka |
| Editing | Naoko Aono |
| Music | Kenji Kawai |
| Production design | Kyouko Yauchi |
Additional data: TMDB.
