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      Kaidan

      2007 1h 59m Horror List
      Reviews 36% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A poor tobacco merchant (Kikunosuke Onoe) falls in love with a music teacher (Hitomi Kuroki), but a curse leads to horrific consequences. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jan 07 Buy Now

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      Audience Member Eerily excellent! Onoe Kikunosuke is great as the multi faceted Shinkichi - part victim and part author of his own misfortune. Patently influenced by the Kabuki play Kasane. Well worth watching. Great ghost story in the Japanese tradition! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member The worst paced movie of all time? Maybe. Marketed as a creepy ghost movie in the vein of Ringu, (same director) Kaidan is a disturbing drama with a few good creepy scenes, but most of it feels like it takes forever to get to the point. The main character is a nice guy, so nice that women want him. The daughter of a cursed man vows that if he ever marries after she dies, she'll come back to kill his loved ones. And she does. Many times. The whole movie is her screwing this guy over and over, and he never seems to be able to dodge a relationship. I hated the actor's face. He had these bug eyes and was not very sympathetic, since he went around screwing with any female in proximity. The pace is ultra slow, the first quarter being a love story to set up the curse, the rest is 90 minutes of tragedy with a ridiculous but entertaining fight scene at the end. A highly unsatisfying film all around, Ringu this is not. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member 3 - Director Hideo Nakata (of Ringu fame) pays homage to classic Japanese horror in the vein of Yokaido no Kaida, Kwaidan, etc. This film is a clear departure from the style established in Ringu, although a few of the scenes do bring it to mind (i.e. flies coming out a baby's mouth). A young man living in the Edo period is cursed due to neglecting an older woman whom he partners with. The curse follows him, killing all the women in his life. Interesting premise in a great period setting, but very steadily paced, so much so the film begins to lose steam towards it's second half, before making partial ammends at the end. Kikunosuke Onoe's performance seems flat. A more expressive leading actor could have helped this a bit more. Still, well worth a look. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member From a drama movie standpoint, this was a good movie. The story was interesting and moved at a steady pace but this was listed as a horror movie and was billed as being from the same people who did "Ringu". With that being said, there is a totally different expectation one has for this film. It does not evoke fear or the need to turn a light on. It does have a little creepy flair to it but for the most part, this is just a dramatic love lost story. This would be a great break-up/revenge type movie! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Don't expect too much ... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member SPOILER!!! Oh my gosh this movie was freaky!!! Especially when his wife had that bad eye infection problem. Such a horrible husband, he left her for another pretty lady (His wife's student). But his wife tries to get a revenge after her death. She becomes a ghost and starts to haunt with every girls that her husband loves. Bad luck poured to him for sure. Movie was interesting, it wasn't that bad!! :D Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A poor tobacco merchant (Kikunosuke Onoe) falls in love with a music teacher (Hitomi Kuroki), but a curse leads to horrific consequences.
      Director
      Hideo Nakata
      Screenwriter
      Satoko Okudera, Enchô San'yuutei
      Production Co
      Toho Company Ltd.
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      Japanese
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 1, 2010
      Runtime
      1h 59m
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