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The Samejima Incident

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2020 · 80 min Horror
4.6 / 10 · TMDB

Every year, Nana Sasaki and her former classmates hold a reunion of their high school music club. This year, the reunion is being held online. However, one of them, Ayumi, doesn't show up. When the others voice their concern, Yuki and Suzu reluctantly tell them about the Samejima Incident, an urban legend which circulated on the internet 20 years earlier. Those who find the truth about it become cursed and die. As Nana and the others start to panic, the real horror begins.

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Original Title 真・鮫島事件
Year 2020
Country Japan
Genre Horror
Director Jirô Nagae
Runtime 80 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.6/10 (9 votes)

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The film constructs its dread by relying on the familiar digital landscape of video calls and chat windows, transforming them into gateways for the supernatural. It explores a horror born not in shadowy woods, but in the sterile glow of a screen, where a ghost might lurk in the next notification.

What lingers after viewing is a pervasive unease about the devices we hold dear. The curse spreads like malware, and the past exacts its revenge through pixels, making the chime of a new message feel faintly ominous. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Jirô Nagae

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