| The Shadow Spirit | |
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| Directed by | Masato Harada |
| Produced by | Kiyoshi Inoue Satoru Ogura Issei Shibata |
| Written by | Novel: Natsuhiko Kyogoku Screenplay: Masato Harada |
| Music by | Takatsugu Muramatsu |
| Cinematography | Katsumi Yanagishima |
| Editing by | Hiroshi Sunaga |
| Distributed by | Showgate |
| Released | Premiere November 28, 2007 Public Release: December 22, 2007 |
| Running time | 133 min. |
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The Shadow Spirit (魍魎の匣 Mouryou no Hako) is a 2007 Japanese movie directed by Masato Harada. It was the first theatrical release directed by Harada since 2002's The Choice of Hercules. The film is based on the second novel in a series written by Natsuhiko Kyogoku about a Shinto priest who runs a book store. It's the second film based on the series, with the first being 2005's Summer of Ubume, directed by Akio Jissoji
Plot[]
In 1952 the mutilated corpses of young women are found in boxes and a strange psychic is thought to be responsible. When the daughter of a former actress goes missing, a private detective, a writer, and a policeman team up with a Shinto priest nicknamed "Kyogokudo" to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Cast[]
- Shinichi Tsutsumi ... Akihiko Chuzenji / Kyogokudo
- Hiroshi Abe ... Reijiro Enokizu
- Kippei Shiina ... Tatsumi Sekiguchi
- Hiroyuki Miyasako ... Shutaro Kiba
- Rena Tanaka ... Atsuko Chuzenji
- Hitomi Kuroki ... Yoko Yuzuki
- YosiYosi Arakawa ... Torakichi Awa
- Akira Emoto ... Koshiro Mimasaka
- Keisuke Horibe ... Bunzo Aoki
- Kankuro Kudo ... Shunko Kubo
- Magy ... Morihiko Toriguchi
- Hiroshi Ohmori ... Hyoei Terada
- Mikio Osawa ... Noriyuki Masuoka
- Takashi Sasano ... Kinichi Doshisha
- Misa Shimizu ... Chizuko Chuzenji
- Ryoko Shinohara ... Yukie Sekiguchi
- Mitsuki Tanimura ... Yoriko Kusumoto
- Saki Terashima ... Kanako Yuzuki
- Kenichi Ukon ... Amamiya