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Sadako

Sadako

20195.91h 39m

Overview

A psychologist connects her missing brother to the strange case of a mysterious little girl believed to be Sadako reincarnated.

Directed by Hideo Nakata
Written by Kōji Suzuki, Noriaki Sugihara
Produced by Kimio Hara
Box Office0Revenue: $5.6M

Top Cast

Elaiza Ikeda

Elaiza Ikeda

Mayu Akikawa

Takashi Tsukamoto

Takashi Tsukamoto

Yusuke Ishida

Hiroya Shimizu

Hiroya Shimizu

Kazuma Akikawa

Himeka Himejima

Himeka Himejima

Jinko

Renn Kiriyama

Renn Kiriyama

Minori Fujii

Rie Tomosaka

Rie Tomosaka

Hatsuko Sofue

Hitomi Sato

Hitomi Sato

Masami Kurahashi

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Old Woman

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Seiko Ozone

Nurse Sakai

Satoshi Nikaido

Satoshi Nikaido

Detective Kida

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookreincarnationtelekinesiscurseghostmysteriousvengeful spiritsupernatural horrorfrightened

About Sadako

Sadako is a horror film released in 2019 exploring themes of based on novel or book, reincarnation, telekinesis, curse, ghost, mysterious. Directed by Hideo Nakata, it stars Elaiza Ikeda, Takashi Tsukamoto, Hiroya Shimizu. A psychologist connects her missing brother to the strange case of a mysterious little girl believed to be Sadako reincarnated.

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