# Kakashi (2001)

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**Original title**: *案山子*
**Runtime**: 86 min
**Genres**: Horror
**Directed by**: Norio Tsuruta
**Written by**: Osamu Murakami, Norio Tsuruta, Satoru Tamaki
**Starring**: Maho Nonami, Ko Shibasaki, Grace Yip Pui-Man, Yoshiki Arizono, Mizuho Igarashi, Yoji Tanaka

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Japanese back-land. Autumn cicadas. A missing brother's last known coordinates.

Arriving in Kozukata, Kaoru finds only hostile villagers, save for one young Chinese girl. A roadside breakdown traps her; the town’s scarecrows watch.

Tsuruta finds fresh dread in familiar J-horror wells.

**Mood tags**: dread, outsider

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