
Sara is totally happy. The young actress gained her first little role in a play by the playhouse-baron Gota Nishikono. Sara admires the leading actresses Aoi and Kaori who are practicing hard every day. But then a staff member is found dead and while the police is investigating the situation, Aoi falls from a balcony and is taken to hospital. Due to her injuries she won't be able to play the leading role. So, in a hurry, Gota gives the part to Sara who is almost overwhelmed. ... (Full plot summary below)
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Sara is totally happy. The young actress gained her first little role in a play by the playhouse-baron Gota Nishikono. Sara admires the leading actresses Aoi and Kaori who are practicing hard every day. But then a staff member is found dead and while the police is investigating the situation, Aoi falls from a balcony and is taken to hospital. Due to her injuries she won't be able to play the leading role. So, in a hurry, Gota gives the part to Sara who is almost overwhelmed. But Sara has got to learn very soon, that having the leading role is not to her advantage. Because she is recognizing slowly that somebody or something is trying to end the production at all cost!
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| Japan TimesMark SchillingShimazaki's performance of terror goes beyond standard horror-movie hysterics. |
| VCinemaHarris DangIt's just so sad to see such a director like Hideo Nakata stoop so low after knowing what promise he used to have. |
| Projected FiguresAnton Bitel...exsanguinated of all subtlety by its bludgeoning narrative repetitions, its ridiculously melodramatic score, and a doll which we see on the move just too many times for its creepiness to linger. Here overstatement leads to underfrightment. |