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Ghost System

Japan 2002
produced by
Hidehike Koike, Daisuke Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Tanahashi, Yuko Yasuda for Pony Canyon, Fuji Television
directed by Toshikazu Nagae
starring Chikako Sakuragi, Hiroshi Tamaki, Atsuko Rukawa, Maria Yanagisawa
written by Toshikazu Nagae

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Young Mai (Maria Yanagisawa) has gone missing a month ago, with no clue that might lead to her - now her best friend Misaki (Chikako Sykuragi) and her boyfriend Wataru (Hiroshi Temaki) each recieve an image of a forest she's supposed to be at via their cellphone ... and they decide to go there and look for her.

Before long, they have found the right spot, but no Mai ... only the image on their cellphones now shows Mai hiding in the background - where she definitely wasn't before. The two kids realize there is something creepy going on, and when they go deeper into the forest to investigate further, they stumble upon a rundown building that's actually scientist Ryo's (Atsuko Rukawa) lab where she brings ghosts back from the land of the dead ... and eventually, she brings Mai's ghost back - which unfortunately proves that Mai is dead. But Mai's spirit is a vengeful one, so Misaki and Wataru make a hasty escape. Then though Misaki learns why Mai's spirit is so vengeful - she has been killed by Wataru, who hears voices in his head that drive him to kill people ... and it seems Misaki is next when Mai's spirit intervenes and kills Wataru for revenge.

More and more ghosts appear eventually, and it seems that Misaki is no longer able to leave the forest which now seems to stretch forever, so Misaki makes another escape, this time back to Ryo's lab, but the news Ryo has are rather disquieting: The ghosts she summoned have taken over her computer that controls the summoning and now summon spirits from the land of the dead indiscriminately until the ghosts have overrun the world. Misaki and Ryo have just enough time to lock themselves into the isolation chamber, perhaps the only room in the whole world that spirits can't enter, then though Ryo decides to leave the isolation chamber again to switch off the system ... but she doesn't return, and for days Misaki is locked up in the isolation chamber waiting in terror.

Suddenly the door opens, and when Misaki leaves, the ghosts are all gone, and Misaki is able to leave the forest and return home ... when she realizes the whole world is overrun by spirits who now run everything ...

 

On the plus side, the film is quite atmospherically directed and a short running time (ca 75 minutes) ensures it doesn't overindulge in its subject. That said, the whole plot of thze film is just too silly to really impress, and some forced plottwists (like when Wataru turns into his girlfriend's killer) don't help the film one bit.

Granted, there are far worse films on the market, and at times Ghost System is actually kind of entertaining, but it's definitely nothing to write home about.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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