Ghost Theater

Ghost Theater
	Poster
	劇場霊
Directed by	Hideo Nakata
Produced by	Yasushi Akimoto
Screenplay by	Junya Kato; Ryuta Miyake
Story by	Hideo Nakata
Based on	Don't Look Up; by Hideo Nakata
Starring	Haruka Shimazaki; Mantaro Koichi; Rika Adachi; Riho Takada; Keita Machida; Ikuji Nakamura
Music by	Kenji Kawai
Production; company	Django Films
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	October 5, 2015 (BIFF); November 21, 2015 (Japan);
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥57.2 million

Ghost Theater (劇場霊, Gekijourei) is a 2015 Japanese horror film directed by Hideo Nakata and a remake of Don't Look Up (1996).[1] It was released on November 21, 2015.[2]

In May 2018, an anthology series based on the film was released in the United States on Toku.

Synopsis

Sara (Haruka Shimazaki) is cast to play a small role in a stage play directed by Gota Nishikino (Mantaro Koichi). Aoi (Riho Takada) and Kaori (Rika Adachi) are the lead actresses and they prepare hard every day. Then, a female staff member is found dead in the theater. Aoi falls down and loses consciousness. Sara is then picked to takeover her lead role.

Cast

Haruka Shimazaki as Sara
Mantaro Koichi
Rika Adachi as Kaori
Riho Takada as Aoi
Keita Machida as Izumi
Ikuji Nakamura

Release

The film was part of the Midnight Passion section of the 20th Busan International Film Festival.[1]

Reception

Box office

The film grossed ¥57.2 million on its opening weekend in Japan.[3]

Critical response

Maggie Lee of Variety responded negatively to the film, stating that "Hideo Nakata sinks to new lows with this creaky and vacuous backstage thriller."[1]

References

Maggie Lee (October 6, 2015). "Busan Film Review: 'Ghost Theater'". variety.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
"劇場霊(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
Kevin Ma (25 November 2015). "Local youth fares top Japan box office". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

External links

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[Lee-1] Maggie Lee (October 6, 2015). "Busan Film Review: 'Ghost Theater'". variety.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.

[allcinema-2] "劇場霊(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved October 10, 2015.

[Ma-3] Kevin Ma (25 November 2015). "Local youth fares top Japan box office". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2015.