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Premonition (2004)

Premonition poster
Original title
予言
Directed by
Norio Tsuruta
Genre
horror film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 132 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man finds a newspaper that reveals future events. He tries to stop bad things from happening after reading each prediction.

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What happens

Premonition (Japanese: 予言, Hepburn: Yogen) is a 2004 Japanese horror film directed by Tsuruta Norio. Yogen is based on the manga Kyoufu Shinbun ("Newspaper of Terror") by Jirō Tsunoda, serialized in Shōnen Champion in 1973. The film is about a man who discovers a newspaper that predicts the future. The film was released as a double feature with Infection as part of Takashige Ichise's J-Horror Theater. The film received mixed reviews from The Japan Times and Video Watchdog. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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