Apartment 1303 is a Japanese horror film

J-Horror

Japanese horror, or J-Horror, is Japanese horror fiction in popular culture, noted for its unique thematic and conventional treatment of the horror genre in light of western treatments...

 which was directed by Ataru Oikawa.

Plot

In this ghost story, a woman investigates a series of suicide

Suicide

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...

s.

Sayaka is celebrating with her friends at her new 13-floor apartment when she unexpectedly goes to her balcony and jumps off as an act of suicide. To save her mother from insanity, Mariko decides to investigate her younger sister Sayako's death.

Mariko soon finds that there is a history of young women committing suicide whilst living at apartment 1303. As she investigates further, she comes across a diary that reveals the origins of the possible curse: the fate of Yukiyo and her mother who were the first tenants of the apartment.

Cast

• Noriko Nakagoshi
  Noriko Nakagoshi
  is a Japanese actress.-Biography:Nakagoshi, first debuted as a model for ViVi magazine in 1999. She began acting the same year, making her acting debut as Midori Sato in the show Tengoku no Kiss. Her acting attracted her great attention and from there, she moved onto bigger roles...
  
   as Mariko
• Arata Furuta
  Arata Furuta
  is a Japanese theatre and film character actor.-Biography:Furata has a broad range that goes from playing serious salary men, to bushi in period drama roles, and even women....
  
   as Detective Sakurai
• Eriko Hatsune
• Yuka Itaya
• Naoko Otani
• Aki Fukada
• Toshinobu Matsuo

Release

The film premiered on 8 February 2007 as part of the European Film Market in Germany

Germany

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.

Remake

Apartment 1303 3D

Apartment 1303 3D

Apartment 1303 3D is an upcoming horror film by Swedish director, Daniel Fridell. The US-Canadian co-production is the English-language remake of the Japanese film of the same name. It is an adaptation of Japanese author, Kei Ôishi's novel. The film stars Mischa Barton, Rebecca de Mornay and...

There will be a remake of it, which is directed and written by the Swedish filmmaker Daniel Fridell. Daniel Fridell is the co-producer of this film.Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton

Mischa Anne Marsden Barton is a British-American fashion model, film, television, and stage actress, best known for her role as Marissa Cooper in the American television series The O.C..-Early life:...

, Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay is an American film and television actress. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business opposite Tom Cruise...

 and Julianne Michelle

Julianne Michelle

Julianne Michelle is an American film and television actor. She has appeared in more than 21 productions, beginning in 1990 when she was 5 years old.- Personal life :...

have reportedly been cast in the English-language production.