Ghost Train (film)

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Ghost Train
Directed by Takeshi Furusawa
Written by Takeshi Furusawa
Erika Tanaka
Starring Erika Sawajiri
Shun Oguri
Aya Sugimoto
Distributed by Shochiku
Release date(s) Flag of South Korea July 27, 2006
Flag of Japan September 30, 2006
Flag of the Republic of China November 17, 2006
Flag of Hong Kong November 23, 2006
Running time 92 minutes
Country Flag of JapanJapan
Language Japanese
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Ghost Train (オトシモノ (otoshimono?)) is a Japanese horror film released in 2006. It was the first Japanese movie that was released in Korea before Japan.

It was first released on July 27, 2006 in Korea, and then on September 30, 2006 in Japan. The film was subsequently released in the China on November 17, 2006 and Hong Kong on November 23, 2006.

The story takes reference to an event that occurred in Mizunashi during 1971, in which a lady called Yaeko Aonuma was killed in a train accident. The director took 2 years to create the plot of the film and develop it with his editor.

A novel and comic adaptation saw publication in the same year, with the publishing of the works handled by the Kadokawa Shoten.

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