Call from Darkness (1981)

Original title

真夜中の招待状

Directed by

Yoshitarō Nomura

Genre

thriller, drama, mystery

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 05m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A woman is drawn into a puzzle surrounding a series of unsettling phone calls. The story follows her as she uncovers secrets from the past.

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What happens

「真夜中の招待状」は、1981年9月26日に松竹系にて公開された日本映画。遠藤周作1971年の小説「闇のよぶ声」の映画化。主演・小林麻美、監督は野村芳太郎、脚本は野上龍雄。 原作と同じ題名で、TBSの2時間ドラマ『ザ・サスペンス』枠で、 1983年7月16日にテレビドラマが放送されている。こちらはヒロインを中井貴惠が演じた。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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