Premonition
2004 · Movie · R · 95 min · ★ 6.3 · 63% critics
Stopping at a roadside phone booth, a professor discovers a scrap of newspaper in the obituary section bearing his young daughter’s photo. Soon after, more reports of tragedies keep appearing, forcing him to investigate the terrifying idea that information about future events can surface and reshape lives.
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Details
- Original title
- 予言
- Years
- 2004
- Release date
- 2004-10-02
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Critic score
- 63/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (133 votes)
About
If you want a creepy, mystery-driven J-horror thriller with slow tension and an impending-doom mood, Premonition fits; Not for you if you need nonstop scares or tidy answers, and you may also prefer to skip Pulse or Ju-on unless you specifically like that style.
Pros: slow dread atmosphere; strong mystery hook; memorable unsettling moments | Cons: scares may feel limited; plot can drift; ending may disappoint
Themes
- newspaper
- professor
- classroom
- based on manga
- university
Cast & crew
Hiroshi Mikami
as Hideki Satomi
Noriko Sakai
as Ayaka Satomi
Kazuhiro Yamaji
as Mitamura Ishi
Maki Horikita
as Sayuri Wakakubo
Mayumi Ono
as Misato Miyamoto
Kei Yamamoto
as Rei Kigata
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
as Satoko Mikoshiba
Tarō Suwa
as Principal (voice)
Daisuke Ban
as Vice Principal
- GA
Gaku Adachi
as Reporter
Directed by Norio Tsuruta