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Sadako

2019 · 99 min

A slow, oppressive crawl through cursed videotapes and haunted hospitals, offering little relief and a lingering sense of dread.

Directed by
Hideo Nakata
Genres
Horror
Overview
A psychologist connects her missing brother to the strange case of a mysterious little girl believed to be Sadako reincarnated.

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Directed by
Hideo Nakata
Genres
Horror
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • isolation
  • trauma
  • obsession
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

In this series

Ring Collection

  1. RingMovie · 1998
  2. The SpiralMovie · 1998
  3. Ring 2Movie · 1999
  4. Ring 0Movie · 2000
  5. Sadako 3DMovie · 2012
  6. Sadako 3D 2Movie · 2013
  7. Sadako vs. KayakoMovie · 2016
  8. SadakoMovie · 2019 This title
  9. Sadako DXMovie · 2022

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Genres
horror
Directed by
Hideo Nakata
Written by
Noriaki Sugihara
Starring
Elaiza Ikeda, Takashi Tsukamoto, Hiroya Shimizu, Himeka Himejima, Renn Kiriyama, Rie Tomosaka, Hitomi Sato, Jitsuko Yoshimura
Cinematography
Takahiro Imai
Runtime
99 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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