Howling Village (2019) on Netflix
NR20191h 48mHorrorMysteryThriller
Kanata Morita is a psychologist who speaks with spirits. Her brother Yuma and his girlfriend are in trouble inside Inunaki, the cursed place called Howling Village, and she goes after them.
- Netflix2.7/5
- IMDb5.0/101,763 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes57%
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Plot summary
Inunaki is a real village in Japan, and everything there is said to be cursed; it also carries the name Howling Village. Kanata Morita is a licensed psychologist who can communicate with spirits, and her family has a dark history tied to Inunaki. Her brother Yuma has gone missing, and he and his girlfriend are in trouble inside the village limits, so the case is personal for her as well as professional. Beyond a tunnel that appears to be abandoned lies a sinister place. Kanata goes to that tunnel hoping to find clues about mysterious deaths that have been happening around her, and about her brother.
Cast
- Akira Sasamotoas Ryotaro
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Howling Village (2019)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- After a cutesy re-edit of the first eight minutes, with cartoon dog animation and comic sound effects added, was posted on SNS for one week and became a talking point, a 111-minute "Horror-Avoidance Version" with the scary scenes softened opened in cinemas from 22 May 2020.
- The film weaves together two real sources: the old Inunaki Tunnel in Fukuoka Prefecture, said to be Japan's most fearsome haunted spot, and the "Inunaki Village" legend that had recently become popular as an urban legend.
- The warabeuta (children's song) "Futashicharo" that is sung in the film is not from the urban legend but a creation of director Takashi Shimizu himself.
