# Yomigaeri (2003)

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**Original title**: *黄泉がえり*
**Runtime**: 126 min
**Genres**: Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
**Directed by**: Akihiko Shiota
**Written by**: Hiroshi Saito, Akihiko Shiota, Isshin Inudo
**Starring**: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yuko Takeuchi, Yūsuke Iseya, Show Aikawa, Yuriko Ishida, Keiichi Yamamoto

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A smoky mountain dawn. A single cicada thrills in the cedar shade.

Scores of the newly dead reappear along Aso’s cobblestone lanes. Kawada steps from a speeding train, notebook in hand.

The closer: A quiet horror in which grief asserts itself without fanfare.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, dread, outsider

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