Sadako vs. Kayako
Short description
Sadako vs. Kayako brings together two of Japanese horror's best-known vengeful spirits. A university student, Yuri Kurahashi, watches a cursed videotape with a friend, drawing the attention of Sadako Yamamura. Around the same time, a teenage girl named Suzuka Takagi enters an abandoned house across from her home while looking into children who have gone missing, and thereby encounters Kayako Saeki. When these separate threads converge, the two ghosts are set on a collision course. The film draws on the mythology of both the Ring and The Grudge series.
Koji Shiraishi directed and wrote the screenplay. It is the sixth of thirteen features he has directed in the order given, following Mystery Man and preceding Simokita 2014. The cast includes Mizuki Yamamoto as Yuri Kurahashi, Aimi Satsukawa as Natsumi Ueno, 玉城蒂娜 as Suzuka Takagi, Elly Nanami as Sadako Yamamura, Runa Endo as Kayako Saeki and Rintaro Shibamoto as Toshio Saeki.
The film was released in June 2016 and runs 98 minutes. It took about 9 million dollars worldwide. On TMDB it holds a rating of 5.6 out of 10 from 254 votes, while a critics' score of 5.5 out of 10 comes from 22 reviews, so the two measures sit close together.
What's left behind the scenes
- As part of the film's promotional campaign, several events were organized. Twitter users could vote online for Sadako or Kayako as their favorite horror movie character. The last day of voting was set for June 17, 2016. Two promotional videos were uploaded to YouTube – one in support of Sadako, the second – in support of Kayako and Toshio. According to the results of the vote, Sadako won.
- In early June 2016, Sadako (the ghost from Hideo Nakata's 1998 film "The Ring") and Kayako (the spirit of the murdered girl from Takashi Shimizu's 2004 film "The Grudge") appeared at a baseball game in Japan to make the first pitch.
- If you look closely at Sadako’s video cassette, you can make out her face on the worn sticker, and an eye in the center.
- The project was initially announced as an April Fool's joke, but it was later decided to film it due to genuine audience interest.
- The entire project was initially announced as an April Fool's joke, but then, due to genuine public interest, a statement was released that it would be filmed.
- In early June 2016, Sadako and Kayako appeared at a baseball game in Japan to throw the ceremonial first pitch.
Auditions in India
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