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The Forbidden Play
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The Forbidden Play 2023 Directed by Hideo Nakata 禁じられた遊び

Don't call the dead.

A boy, after tragically losing his mother in an accident, performs a resurrection spell in the hope of reviving her. However, he ends up awakening something evil.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Horror , Thriller
Production Companies Toei Company , DUB , TBS Sparkle
Release Date 8 September 2023
110 mins
Cast
Kanna Hashimoto
Kanna Hashimoto Hiroko Kurasawa
Daiki Shigeoka
Daiki Shigeoka Naoto Ihara
Mayu Hotta
Mayu Hotta Maya Hiraoka
Shinobu Hasegawa
Shinobu Hasegawa Kenshin Daimon
Kenta Izuka
Kenta Izuka Kuniaki Kurasawa
Minato Shougaki
Minato Shougaki Haruto Ihara
Megumi
Megumi Shuko Noda
Yuki Kura
Yuki Kura Ryouji Kawashibara
Shinya Niiro
Shinya Niiro Kawasaki
Michiko Shimizu
Michiko Shimizu Sachi Murata
Tarō Suwa
Tarō Suwa Sachi Murata's Husband
First Summer Uika
First Summer Uika Miyuki Ihara
Crew
Director
Hideo Nakata
Hideo Nakata
Writer
Noriaki Sugihara
Noriaki Sugihara
Producers
TAGUCHI Yusuke
TAGUCHI Yusuke
Muneyuki Kii
Muneyuki Kii
Takara Kosugi
Takara Kosugi
Takuro Owaki
Takuro Owaki
Yasushi Utagawa
Yasushi Utagawa
Cinematography
Takahiro Imai
Takahiro Imai
Composer
Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Visual Effects
Jun Yokoishi
Jun Yokoishi
Music
Daigo Mizoguchi
Daigo Mizoguchi
Lighting
Kenichi Mizuno
Kenichi Mizuno