Kokkuri-san (film)

Kokkuri (こっくりさん, Kokkuri: Kokkuri-san) is a 1997 Japanese movie directed by Takahisa Zeze about three girls, Mio, Hiroko, and Masami.[1]

Kokkuri-san
Directed byTakahisa Zeze
Produced byShigehiro Arake, Minoru Yokote
Written byKishu Izuchi, Takahisa Zeze
StarringAyumi Yamatsu, Hiroko Shimada, Moe Ishikawa
Music byGoro Yasukawa
CinematographyShogo Ueno
Edited byShinichi Fushima
Release date
  • 1997 (1997)
Running time
87 min.
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot

A group of friends play the Japanese game Kokkuri to summon Kokkuri-san, a spirit who can answer any question as a pastime but apparently reveals dark secrets that will make these girls turn against each other.

Cast & Crew

Screenplay by:

  • Rikiya Mizushima
  • Isao Kiriyama

Executive Producers:

  • Tomozo Yamaguchi
  • Tatsuo Uruga

Producer:

  • Kazuyuki Kobayashi
  • Minoru Yokote
  • Shigehiro Arake

Screenplay:

Director:

Lighting:

  • Shinichi Hayashi

Supervising Production Designer:

  • Yoshinobu Nishioka

Art Director:

  • Hisayuki Kobayashi

Music:

Editing:

  • Shinichi Fushima

Cast:

  • Ayumi Yamatsu
  • Hiroko Shimada
  • Moe Ishikawa

Release

It was distributed in the United States of America by AsiaVision, the Asian live action label of Urban Vision Entertainment.

References

  1. Alexander Jacoby A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors 2013 p2030 "By this time, Zezehad made his first true mainstream film, Kokkuri (Kokkuri‒san, 1997),a conventional if agreeably understated horror film about schoolgirls using a ouija board."


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