is a 2007 Japanese

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Japanese horror film produced by Shochiku Corporation and directed by

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. Many of the cast are members of the

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Synopsis

Anzu Natsuno (

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), a student at an all-girl high school, is walking in the hallway when she hears a mysterious melody coming from the auditorium. There, she finds her classmate Kana (

Atsuko Maeda is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol girl group AKB48, and was one of the most prominent members in the group at the time, regarded as the group's "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "Face of AKB." After ...

) singing and Anzu's soon shocked when she sees Kana committing suicide after the song ends. A few days later, Anzu is approached by magazine columnist Riku Nagase (

Ryuhei Matsuda is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in ''Taboo'' and the rock star Ren Honjo in '' Nana''. Early life Matsuda was born on 9 May 1983 in Tokyo, to Yū ...

), who explains that he's investigating an

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of ''Densen Uta'', or the ''infectious song'', that turns whoever sings the song suicidal. Riku convinces Anzu and her friends to sing the song to see if there's any truth to the urban legend. They reluctantly agree and sing the song. Over next few days the girls, one by one, kill themselves, leaving Anzu to fight for her life. Coming closer to the source of the song, Anzu finds out about an unimaginable secret relating to her past and the song.

Cast

as Riku Nagase *

Yūsuke Iseya is a Japanese actor, director, artist, and businessman. Career Iseya co-starred with Arata Iura, Yui Natsukawa, and Susumu Terajima in Hirokazu Koreeda's ''Distance (2001 film), Distance''. He appeared in Takashi Miike's ''13 Assassins (2010 fi ...

as Taichi *

as Kana Takahashi *

as Apricot (Anzu) Natsuno *

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as Shuri Matsuda *

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as Kiriko *

Yoshino Kimura is a Japanese actress and singer. She appeared on an episode of the Showtime series ''Masters of Horror''. Kimura won the "Rookie of the Year" prize at the 21st Japan Academy Awards for her appearance in '' Shitsurakuen''. Career Kimura appea ...

as Ranko Kaburagi * Hiroshi Abe as Jake *

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as Ai *

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as Rumi Inoue *

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as Sae Miyaguchi *

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as Asuka Kumoi * Kayo Noro as Miki Oribe *

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as C-chan *Michiru Hoshino as Michiko Goi *Shoko Ikezu as Riki Nagase / Enma *Satoru Matsuo as Otaku Soldier *Yasunari Takeshima as Bazooka *Toshihiro Yashiba as Shin'ya Kudô *Yasuto Kosuda as Anzu's Father

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Nippon Cinema
2007 films Films directed by Masato Harada Japanese horror films AKB48 Shochiku films Films about curses Films about music and musicians Films about suicide 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-horror-film-stub

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