Directed by Hideo Nakata   Written by Hideo Nakata   Hiroshi Takahashi   Cast Yûrei Yanagi ... Toshio Murai / the director Yasuyo Shirashima ... Hitomi Kurokawa / the seasoned actress Kei Ishibashi ... Saori Murakami / the debuting actress Ren Ôsugi ... Ootani / the cinematographer Taka Higuchi ... Masaru Hayama (as Takanori Kikuchi) Sabu ... Sekikawa Reita Serizawa ... Sadaoka Akira Hibino ... Actor in the 1971 TV film footage Hirofumi Kobayashi ... Shigeru Mochizuki / the lead actor Dan Li ... Ghost actress Daisuke Iijima ... Police detective Naomi Kojima ... Actress in the 1971 TV film footage Katsunori Someya ... Tomoyasu Yûken Yoshida ... Kasuya Toshie Negishi ... Tokiko Tsutsumi / Hitomi's agent Akira Takahashi ... Roku-san Produced by Koji Kobayashi   Shigeki Oosawa   Takenori Sentô   Yasushi Tsuge   Original Music by Akifumi Kawamura

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