Hush! 2001 N/R, 135 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy
Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi Cast: Seiichi Tanabe, Kazuya Takahashi, Reiko Kataoka, Yoko Akino, Manami Fuji, Ken Mitsuishi, Tsugumi, Tetsu Sawaki, Yosuke Saito, Kanako Fukaura, Satoshi Yamanaka, Ryo Iwamatsu, Minori Terada, Yasushi Inoue, Hiroshi Anan
Set in contemporary Japan, this story reveals problems encountered when Katsuhiro (Seiichi Tanabe) and his boyfriend, Naoya (Kazuya Takahashi), enter into plans for Asako (Reiko Kataoka) to be artificially inseminated in order to carry a child for them.
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Ringu 0: Birthday 2000 N/R, 98 min. Genre: Foreign / Horror aka: Ring 0: Birthday
Director: Norio Tsuruta Cast: Yukie Nakama, Seiichi Tanabe, Kumiko Aso, Yoshiko Tanaka, Ryuji Mizukami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Kaoru Okunuki, Daisuke Ban, Junko Takahata, Masako
In this prequel to the horror film, "Ringu," the story takes place 30 years in the past when Sadako (Yukie Nakama) is still a young college co-ed withdrawn from her classmates but eager to join the drama club where she also is not welcomed by its members. When one actress dies mysteriously, Sadako takes over her lead role. Then, other actors die–one by one. Meanwhile, reporter Shoko Miyaji (Yoshiko Tanaka) has tracked down Sadako in the process of uncovering a series of unsolved murders. Is Sadako a cold-blooded murderer, or are there powers within her over which she has no control?
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| 1. Hush! (2001)
2. Ringu 0: Birthday (2000) aka: Ring 0: Birthday
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