Innocent Curse

Innocent Curse

2017•1h 51m•6.1/10

HorrorMysteryThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.1/10(10)

A suburban town is faced with a series of bizarre incidents in which children disappear and three days later an adult in their life dies. A mysterious "child whisperer" phantom appears before journalist Shunya, who is investigating the incidents, and his girlfriend Naomi.

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Production

Shochiku Studio, Shochiku Tokyo Studio, Shochiku, Kinoshita Group, Nippon Television Network Corporation, J Storm, Kodansha, dentsu

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Hideaki Takizawa

Hideaki Takizawa

Daiki Arioka

Daiki Arioka

Mugi Kadowaki

Mugi Kadowaki

Haruto Nakano

Haruto Nakano

Naomi Nishida

Naomi Nishida

Hiroyuki Onoue

Hiroyuki Onoue

Ken Yoshizawa

Ken Yoshizawa

Aoba Kawai

Aoba Kawai

Maharu Nemoto

Maharu Nemoto

Momoko Tanabe

Momoko Tanabe

Hyunri

Hyunri

Takashi Yamanaka

Takashi Yamanaka

James Southerland

Atsuko Sudo

Yoshida Asahi

Yoshida Asahi

Fukiko Hara

Fukiko Hara

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Yuma Takagi

Yuma Takagi

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