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JAPAN · 1998

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Takashi Shimizu
haunted buildings supernatural phone calls urban horror cursed objects mysterious death omens
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Synopsis

A young man on a bicycle is turning a corner in front of an apparently abandoned building when he begins to hear the ringing of a cell phone. (A prequel to the first version of Ju-on, 2000.)

Year1998
CountryJapan
DirectorTakashi Shimizu
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