The Suicide Song

The Suicide Song

128 mins | Horror | Aug. 18, 2007

Original story by Yasushi AKIMOTO, writer of the mega hit movie One Missed Call (Chakushin Ari) series. As the project was in development with an idea of an "infectious song (Densen-Uta)", one of the staff called out..."There was a real Densen-Uta!" He discovers on the internet of a song back in 1933, Hungary, which caused mysterious deaths of many people. In "Densen-Uta", high school girls get mixed up in the Japanese version of this infectious song, and with the help of third rate gossip magazine reporter, tries to solve the mystery and horror behind the song. They come to know just how real, an urban legend can become.

The Suicide Song

128 mins | Horror | Aug. 18, 2007

The Suicide Song
Original story by Yasushi AKIMOTO, writer of the mega hit movie One Missed Call (Chakushin Ari) series. As the project was in development with an idea of an "infectious song (Densen-Uta)", one of the staff called out..."There was a real Densen-Uta!" He discovers on the internet of a song back in 1933, Hungary, which caused mysterious deaths of many people. In "Densen-Uta", high school girls get mixed up in the Japanese version of this infectious song, and with the help of third rate gossip magazine reporter, tries to solve the mystery and horror behind the song. They come to know just how real, an urban legend can become.
IMDb rating 5.0
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 伝染歌
Directors Masato Harada
Writers Daisuke Habara, Masato Harada, Yasushi Akimoto

Cast

Hiroshi Abe

as Jake

Yoshino Kimura

as Ranko Kaburagi

Sayaka Akimoto

as Akari Matsuda

Yuko Oshima

as Apricot Natsuno

Haruna Kojima

as Kiriko

Atsuko Maeda

as Kana

Ryuhei Matsuda

as Riku Nagase

Yûsuke Iseya

as Taichi

Satoru Matsuo

as Densen-uta

Hitomi Komatani

as AKB48 Showgirl

Rina Nakanishi

as AKB48 Showgirl