Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night
Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night
| 20 November 2010 (USA)
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Koichi takes care of his sister, who has recently returned from a trip abroad in the United States as she is not well. While caring for her, he records evidence of ghosts in their home.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!
Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant
Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Axeshizzle As someone who has seen all of the Paranormal Activity movies, I decided that I wanted to give this one a try.First off I noticed that this title is very similar to the first Paranormal Activity movie (which they were probably aiming at). Just like the first Paranormal Activity, it slowly builds up as time passes. (Which I really like and think is important when you want to make a film scary.)I don't get scared too often from films, so whenever I find a new 'found footage' kind of film, it gets me excited, as I want to recreate the feeling I got when I first experienced Paranormal Activity. This film does a fairly decent job at trying to achieve that. It did genuinely scare me at times, however because you know what to expect when watching this movie, the 'scary parts' are not that scary, simply because you were anticipating them.I do prefer this film over the newer entries in the Paranormal Activity franchise, as it's contained. But compared to the first Paranormal Activity it lacks surprise and because of that, it won't have the same effect as the original. (if this film came out before the first Paranormal Activity, the roles would have been reversed)If you're a fan of the original Paranormal Activity, definitely give this one a shot. I was happily surprised that this movie managed to scare me, though I'm not expecting to have trouble sleeping tonight, unlike when I watched the first Paranormal Activity for the very first time.
Claudio Carvalho Haruka Yamano (Noriko Aoyama) returns from America to Tokyo in a wheelchair with both legs with multiple fractures in a car accident and is helped by her father and her brother Koichi Yamano (Aoi Nakamura). Their father travels to Singapore for business meetings and Koichi takes care of his sister and films her most of the time with his camera. On the next morning, Haruka tells that her wheelchair had moved during the night and Koichi check the windows of her room to see if a stranger has broken in their house. He tells that probably a spirit had moved the wheelchair and he uses salt near the door of Haruka's bedroom to protect her against evil spirits. However, on the next morning they find that the salt is spread near the door. He checks the tape and believes that the house is haunted by a ghost. He decides to tape his room too and along the days, weird noises and events happen in the house.They invite the priest Saionji to purify the house against ghosts and along four days nothing unusual happens. Haruka tells to Koichi that, in America, she had hit a woman called Katie that had just murdered her boyfriend and appeared in front of her car. Their father returns home but he needs to travel again. But on the fifth night they see in the tape that the house is still haunted. Koichi decides to call Saionji again, but they learn that the priest had died five nights ago after leaving their house. Haruka discloses to her brother that weird things had happened to her also in America. Further, she tells that she had researched the life of Katie and had found that the girl was also haunted by ghosts. Now the fiend is more violent and still haunts the siblings and they do not know what to do.The low-budget "Paranômaru Akutibiti: Dai-2-shô - Tokyo Night" is a remake of "Paranormal Activity", with a similar story. After the original "The Blair Witch Project", many low-budget movies made with hand-held camera have been released. "Paranormal Activity" is ridiculously overrated but this Japanese remake is better than the original. However, the remake of a bad film may be even better, but never a great film. Last but not the least, this is the first time that I see a Japanese remake of an American film and both do not worth watching. My vote is four. Title (Brazil): "Atividade Paranormal Tóquio" ("Paranormal Activity Tokyo")
Argemaluco After so many North American remakes of Japanese horror films, it was fair to see the roles reversed: a Japanese remake of a North American horror film. Well, to be fair, I do not know if Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night is in fact a remake, or a sequel, or a prequel, or a re-imagination or some kind of parallel version of Paranormal Activity, because even though its screenplay includes a slight connection to that film, I found it so weak and forced that it could have been added at the last moment, as a "legal precaution" in order to avoid demands. For the rest, the film is a badly done copy which imitates the style, rhythm and "jump scenes" from the successful original movie.Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night emphasizes its Asian "taste" with some cultural (like the constant reverences from the characters), architectural (like the strange design from the house in which the story is developed) and religious details, but leaving that aside, it does not bring anything new to the established formula, and it feels more like an imitation of Paranormal Activity than as a sequel (or prequel or whatever it is...I already spoke about that). Director Toshikazu Nagae tried to copy the methodic rhythm achieved by Oren Peli in the original movie, but he could not achieve that because of the bad performances, hollow atmosphere and total lack of suspense and emotion.As for the narrative background, it is also pretty poor. Besides of the previously mentioned connection to Paranormal Activity (which did not convince me at all), the screenplay did not bother to invent explanations nor to establish a logical sequence of causes and consequences which could have might brought some personality to the "ghost" (or demon, or whatever it is). One of the things I most liked in Paranormal Activity was the fact that it brought a clear and threatening identity to the supernatural elements which stalked the characters. Nothing of that happens in Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night; the things happen without a real sensation of dramatic progression, while the arbitrary ending looks like an improvised trick to prolong the mystery and impact us with its "creativity". Bad luck...it only makes the movie more irritating.In conclusion, I cannot recommend Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night because of its many negative elements, starting by its poor screenplay and even worse execution. I cannot believe I am going to say this, but I think that even the inclusion of a classic ghost woman with a long black hair would have improved the experience.
bearfaceproductions Well... I saw that many people have different views of this movie. Just like the other American Paranormal Activity movies, this one has its pros and cons.In some aspects it's a little better than the American Version, but in other aspects it's not as good. When it comes to scary, it delivers pretty much the same amount of frights (and if not somewhat better). When it comes to the story, it drives off from the original story into a new one that doesn't seem so creative. There were some surprising new elements into this installment, some that were good and some that were not as much. The ending was a bit weird, but I thought that was better than the original American ending. I just wish that the script wasn't so rushed. In short, some aspects are better and some aren't (I wouldn't say worst), yet it's a fine entry to the Paranormal Activity saga, I just think it was a bit unnecessary to do this semi-sequel/semi-remake. But some people differ from this opinion saying it's better than the American Version and some prefer the American one. But this is just my point of view, I think I'll stick to the American version, though I wouldn't mind seeing another Japanese installment.
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