Junko who's a psychic and her husband lives a normal life, well maybe not normal since she's psychic and can see ghosts, but still. One day the police wants her help to locate a kidnapped girl and she agrees to help them out with the use of her psychic powers. Later on the kidnapped girl flees from the kidnapper and by coincidence hides in Junko's husband's hardware case when he's out in the forest. Three days later, Junko and her husband finds the girl but won't call the police since it looks like they're involved. This all of course causes a lot of problems for the two.
Here'a a really good and different movie from Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Kairo). Even though it's somewhat of a ghost movie, it's not your typical Asian horror flick, it's actually more of a drama-thriller. So if you want a lot of scares and proper horror, look elsewhere.
Seance takes it's time like most similar Japanese movies but that doesn't mean that it's slow. I kinda liked the tempo all the way through and it builds up in a good way. It has it's fair amount of drama which works well, but like I said before, might disappoint people looking for typical Asian horror.
Just the story itself is so good and really interesting to watch. You can't help but feeling really sorry for Junko and her husband who by accident happens to get involved in the mess. And with them also trying to figure out a way to get out of it all that doesn't seem to go very well.
I don't wanna reveal to much. Let me just say that it's a very good and different movie with a lot of feeling and a gripping story. For people with a short attention span and people only seeking scary Asian horror this might not work. But for what it is, it's truly recommended.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Kôrei
MOVIE YEAR: 2000
DIRECTOR: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
WRITING CREDITS: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Mark McShane
GENRE: Horror, Drama, Thriller
CAST: Kôji Yakusho, Jun Fubuki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
COUNTRY: Japan
RUNTIME: 118 min
RATING: 8/10
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