Shikoku (film)

Shikoku ? , Land of The Dead is a 1999 Japanese supernatural thriller film directed by Shunichi Nagasaki and written by Kunimi Manda and Takenori Sento.

Shikoku was released in Japan on January 23, 1999 where it was distributed by Toho. It was released as a double feature with Ring 2.Jasper Sharp writing for Midnight Eye referred to the film as a pedestrian addition to the late 1990s horror boom., finding it Hideo Nakatas highconcept popcorn movie Ring had proven pretty convincingly that the supernatural could be a lucrative cash cow in late1990s recessional Japan. A contract job, cowritten by one of Rings original producers, Takenori Sento, and circulating on the lower half of a double bill with Ring 2, Shikoku is less an indication of either Bando or Nagasakis thematic interests than an obvious attempt to milk the current interest in horror before it dried up. As such, it doesnt deviate too far from the path forged by its model in either style or formula. ........

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