Séance (2000 film)
| Séance | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Séance on a Wet Afternoon by Mark McShane |
| Written by | Kiyoshi Kurosawa Tetsuya Onishi |
| Directed by | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| Starring | Kōji Yakusho Jun Fubuki Tsuyoshi Kusanagi |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| Production | |
| Producers | Atsuyuki Shimoda Takehiko Tanaka Yasuyuki Uemura |
| Cinematography | Takahide Shibanushi |
| Editor | Jun'ichi Kikuchi |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Budget | approx $200,000–$300,000 (US) |
| Original release | |
| Release | May 12, 2001 |
Séance (降霊, Kōrei) is a 2000 Japanese television horror film directed and co-written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, based on the 1961 novel Séance on a Wet Afternoon by Mark McShane. The novel had previously been adapted in a 1964 British film of the same name.
It stars Kōji Yakusho, Jun Fubuki and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and follows the married couple of Koji and Junko, the latter being a psychic that can communicate with spirits. It premiered in Switzerland on August 7, 2000, and on May 12, 2001 in Japan.