Premonition (2004 film)
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| Directed by | Norio Tsuruta |
| Written by | Norio Tsuruta |
| Release date(s) | 2004 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese, subtitled in English |
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Premonition (予言 Yogen?) is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Tsuruta Norio. Yogen is based on the manga Kyoufu Shinbun ("Newspaper of Terror") by Jiro Tsunoda, published in "Shonen Champion" in 1973.
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[edit] Story
During an outing with his wife Ayaka and daughter Nana, Hideki, a high school professor, requires a payphone which he can use to upload a file. While waiting in the phone booth, he finds a strange newspaper page foretelling of his daughter's death (she's currently alive in the back seat, but the paper says she died at about 8:00 pm. which is the current time). Meanwhile, his daughter can't unlatch her seatbelt and his wife crosses the street to get his assistance. Suddenly a truck hits the car with their daughter inside, (we find out later in the film that the driver of the truck was already dead- he had had a seizure at the wheel of the truck before hitting the car). Ayaka and Hideki run to the car only to watch as a fire ignites and the car explodes into flames before they can save their daughter. Hideki loses the newspaper page and can not find it again. Ayaka does not believe there ever was a newspaper page. Three years later, after a divorce, the couple reunite as they begin to uncover more about the mysterious newspaper and Hideki begins receiving premonitions again. Ayaka believes Hideki will die soon, as she finds an image of a newspaper featuring Hideki. Hideki begins to lose his sense of time (not knowing what time of day it is, experiencing events twice). Events lead to him reliving his worst nightmare (Nana's death). His desire to save his daughter causes him to attempt to change that past event. Repeatedly, he fails to change the events until he figures out the correct resolution, and he allows himself to remain in the car as it explodes after getting Ayaka to take Nana to safety. The very end shows Ayaka screaming for her husband and Nana lying on the road. Nana looks up to see the newspaper page floating in the air. Nana watches as it falls to Earth, only to show that the person predicted to die was indeed, Hideki.
[edit] Characters
- Hideki Satomi: a professor and high school teacher. Father of Nana; husband and ex-husband of Ayaka.
- Ayaka Satomi / Tachihara: a professor of Kougakuin University. An ESP researcher. Mother of Nana; wife and ex-wife of Hideki.
- Nana Satomi: Daughter of Hideki and Ayaka. She dies in a car crash early in the movie. By the end of the movie Hideki tries to save her only to find that if he saves her, he has to die.
- Satoko Mikoshiba: a female psychic. An ESP researcher. Makes psychic photographs.
- Rei Kigata: A male ESP researcher. Author of the book on "Newspaper of Terror" (Kyofu Shinbun).
- Misato Miyamoto: A female assistant of Ayaka at the university.
- Sayuri Wakakubo: a female high school student. A student of Hideki. She also sees the newspapers. She is the fifth predicted victim of the mysterious stabbings, and mentions to Hideki that sometimes it's better to do nothing, referring to changing the premonitions.
[edit] See also
- J-Horror
- Infection; The first film of the J-Horror Theatre series.
- Reincarnation; The third film of the J-Horror Theatre series.
- The Butterfly Effect; a film with similar plot ideas.
