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Fatal Frame
Zero The Movie poster
劇場版 零〜ゼロ〜
Gekijōban Rei ~Zero~
Developer(s) Kadokawa
Distributor(s) Kadokawa (Japan)
Encore Films (Singapore)
Golden Village Pictures (Singapore)
Release date(s) September 26, 2014 (Japan)
October 23, 2014 (Singapore)
November 6, 2014 (Sweden)
January 30, 2024(United States)
Director(s) Mari Asato
Writer(s) Eiji Ōtsuka (novel)
Mari Asato (screenplay)
Genre Horror, Supernatural
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Runtime 105 minutes
Ratings


Fatal Frame, known as Gekijōban Rei ~Zero~ in Japan, is a Japanese movie based on the novel written by Eiji Ōtsuka, Fatal Frame: A Curse Affecting Only Girls. The movie was developed by Kadokawa Corporation and started hitting Japanese theaters on September 26, 2014. Directed by Mari Asato (Ju-on: Black Ghost), it stars Ayami Nakajo and Aoi Morikawa, with music performed by Jamosa.

Cast[]

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Ayami Nakajô (as Aya Tsukimori)
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Aoi Morikawa (as Michi Kazato)
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Kôdai Asaka (as Takashi)
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Minori Hagiwara (as Waka)
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Fujiko Kojima (as Risa)
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Jun Miho (as Principal)
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Karen Miyama (as Ikki)
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Noriko Nakagoshi (as Meri-san)
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Yuri Nakamura (as Mayumi)
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Kasumi Yamaya (as Kasumi)

Plot[]

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One of the most popular girls in an all girls Catholic school, Aya, has suddenly shuts herself in her room. Kasumi, a fellow student who has a crush on Aya, finds a photograph of her and kisses it at midnight. While doing some gardening the next day, Kasumi suddenly disappears with her friend Michi as her witness. Playing hooky for the day is Risa and Ikki, who find a former school graduate by the name Ms. Meri who informs them of a curse at that only affects girls. The girls wonder if there is a curse on the photo, and Ikki and Risa, along with three other girls, are spirited away the following night. Not long after, four of the girls, including Ikki, are found dead by the river.

Michi, who has been plagued by visions of Aya, is about to kiss the photo under a trance, but is stopped by Aya herself, who informs her that the girl in the photo is not her. Having heard of the curse that only affects girls from Ikki and Risa, Aya and Michi seek out Ms. Meri, who shows them the old photo studio she resides in. There is a shrine dedicated to past students and girls who came to have their photos taken before committing a lover's suicide. She explains that due to societal views, lesbian couples were taboo and these girls saw no other way to be together and would commit suicide in a now closed water reservoir. However, she directs the girls to a photo of a young girl who was supposed to die with her lover, but chose not to and that this is the girl the curse was set upon. They then meet Ms. Meri's son, who takes photos of ghosts with his camera. He notices the photo of Aya the girls brought and says he's the one who took it and that it is a ghost who was on a bridge.

The girls return to the school, where Aya opens up about herself and why she shut herself in. She began to hear and see a girl who looks exactly like her and has been plaguing her to the point of isolation. Aya tells Michi she doesn't like all the attention she receives from the other girls, telling her she has never felt love for another girl. Michi jokes back, telling Aya she has never felt love for another man. Hysteria has built in the school to the point the other students vandalize Aya's room and believe if she dies, the curse will stop. Michi kisses Aya, saying she is just a normal girl and killing her will do nothing.

That night, travelers find Risa, who has been stumbling in a daze. They bring her back to the school where she begs for help to break the curse. The girls decide something must be done, and Michi kisses the photo to fall under the curse and find the source. Aya ties the two together so if Michi is in danger, Aya can get her out. Early in the morning, Michi wanders outside the school dragging Aya with her, when the two are unexpectedly split up. A confused Aya runs into Takashi, the disabled brother of one of the nuns, Mayumi. In a panic, he knocks the girl unconscious and takes her to the closed water reservoir where he tosses her into the water. Meanwhile, Michi is found by Sister Mayumi, who was heading towards the reservoir in her trance. Mayumi knocks her out and brings the girl to the river where it is revealed she is the one who murdered the other cursed girls in an attempt to keep them away from the reservoir. Takashi finds them before the deed can be completed and Mayumi notices dirt on his shoes from the pathway. He tells her the girl from the water escaped and he put her back. Panicked, Mayumi drags her brother back to the reservoir. However, on the way there, Takashi slips into the river and struggles. Mayumi, noticing the search party for the girls, descends into the water, allowing both herself and brother to drown instead of facing the consequences of her actions.

Struggling to stay afloat, Aya calls for help. She suddenly sees her lookalike come up from the water, where it is revealed that is was her twin sister, Maya, who had drowned in the water and in her death was so overwhelmed by the feelings of the deceased lovers, put a curse on her photo until her sister came back to her. Overwhelmed with regret, Aya pleads with her sister, apologizing for forgetting the incident and promises to stay with her, but Maya tells her to keep living for her and that they will always be together. Michi, now freed from the curse, runs back to the water reservoir and saves Aya.

Some time passes and it is the girls' graduation day. Ms. Meri come to visit and Aya asks her to stay and watch the girls, perform. She then declines, saying she lied about ever graduating from the school. She goes to the headmaster and confirms she was the girl who abandoned her lover and was cursed. The headmaster then informs Ms. Meri she was the one who murdered Maya the day they came to the school, believing her cursed love was looking for a companion, which exonerates Takashi, who's only crime was discovering the body and his sister falsely believing him to have thrown her in the water. That's why she murdered the cursed girls so his "secret" would stay hidden. Ms. Meri tells the headmaster to not dwell on it anymore, since Aya lifted the curse.

Later in the day, Aya and Michi discuss their plans, where Michi decides to go to Tokyo for photography and Aya decides to remain there and grow up. Ms. Meri's son finds the girls and Michi asks to borrow his camera and take a photo of Aya, however, when she goes for the shot, the camera catches the spirits of their lost friends. Michi then decides she will take a photo of Aya after she has become a professional and returns with her own camera.

Box Office[]

According to Box Office Mojo, the movie grossed $1,132,666 in Japan and earning a total of $1.4 million in Asia.

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