Alter Ego

Dec 7, 2002

1h 3m

★ 6.4

Death is closer than you think

Overview

Three aspiring young Japanese models are on their very first fashion shoot at an abandoned school one hot summer day. Without warning, strange events begin occurring around the set that causes the models and photo crew to question their sanity, as one by one they begin to die agonizing and painful deaths that are seemingly caused by none other than themselves.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

King Records

Tokyo Theatres Company

Alter Ego Trailers

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Cast

Mizuki Ueno

Nobuko Sakuma

Maya Shimazaki

Sena

Yuka Hôjô

Chieko Kawabe

Kôhei Yamazaki

Hideo Sakaki

Yasunori Takimoto

Tarō Suwa

Akiko Kurahashi

Chika Inada

Hiroyoshi Mutô

Hiroaki Matsuzawa

Hiroki Isaka

Kanji Tsuda

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