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Euro Space inc. presents

From the director of the cult hit

A film By TAkAshi Shimizu marebito_A4_BAT 6/09/04 10:12 Page 2

By Takashi Shimizu

Japan – 2004 – 92min – Dvcam

Masuoka is a cameraman possessed by the craving to understand fear – what it is and where it ultimately leads. He wanders the Tokyo streets, a voyeur, hungrily looking for clues. Obsessing over the haunted expressions of the faces he has captured in his daily filming, in particular a man who committed a grisly suicide on the metro. He returns to the scene to better comprehend the dead man’s reasoning. Following his final gaze leads Masuoka to a door, an entry into a bizarre, cavernous underworld. Here among the ghosts and the subterranean robots called DERO's he finds a beautiful young girl chained to a rock. Saving her from her imprisonment, he takes her home. But watching her from his web-cam at work each day he begins to suspect there is something truly inhuman about this girl with sharp teeth and who walks on all fours. When he begins to uncover her horrifying secrets Masuoka realises that he has found the key to gaining the terrible knowledge he so craves. From the director of the cult hit Ju-On (The Grudge)

Takashi Shimizu Selected Filmography Cast Crew 2004 MAREBITO Producers Kenzo HORIKOSHI 2004 JU-ON (The Grudge) USA re-make Tomomi MIYASHITA Mikihiko HIRATA 2003 JU-ON2 Kazuhiro NAKAHARA Yoichiro ONISHI 2002 Kaibyou HIKIDASHIÅ|JIGOKU Miho NINAGAWA Atsuko OHNO 2002 JU-ON Shun SUGATA Director Takashi SHIMIZU 2001 Kwaidan KDTTI WO MINAIDE (Kwaidan, Don’t Look At Me) Screenplay Chiaki KONAKA 2001 TOMIE (Re-birth) Music Toshiyuki TAKINE 2000 JU-ON2 video version Cinematography Tsukasa TANABE 2000 JU-ON video version Lighting Eiichi MINOWA 1998 GAKKOU NO KAIDAN: short stories KATASUMI (The Corner) & 4444444 Sound Gen KOMIYA Production Design Atsuo HIRAI Costume Kuniko HOJO Hair/Makeup Sachie MUNEMURA Editor Masahiro UGAJIN credits not contractual 2 Rue Turgot, 75009 Paris, France T: + 33 1 4970 0370 F: + 33 1 4970 0371 [email protected] / www.celluloid-dreams.com