Forbidden Siren

Feb 11, 2006

1h 27m

★ 4.9

It all began with a mysterious warning...

Overview

A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island's siren starts wailing.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

TOHO

Office Crescendo

Forbidden Siren Trailers

Cast

Yuki Amamoto

Yui Ichikawa

Shinichi Amamoto

Leo Morimoto

Yutaka Minamida

Naoki Tanaka

Kei Tsuchida

Hiroshi Abe

Satomi

Naomi Nishida

Azuma

Suzuki Matsuo

Kyūsaku Shimada

Courtney Webb

Jun Nishiyama

Seiko Iwaido

Isao Yatsu

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