Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- claustrophobic
- foreboding
- late night horror marathon
- haunted house movie night
What sets it apart
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Koichi films Haruka and later records his own room to document unexplained nighttime events.
Haruka links the Tokyo disturbances to Katie and paranormal events she encountered in America.
Moved wheelchairs, scattered protective salt, noises, and increasingly violent events transform the siblings' home into a site of fear.
Priest Saionji's purification appears to stop the disturbances before the recordings reveal that the threat remains.
Films like Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night, and why
Paranormal Activity
shared found-footage construction, haunted-house suspense, and escalating supernatural threat
Ju-On: The Grudge
shared japanese supernatural horror, domestic isolation, and ghost-centered dread
[REC]
shared handheld documentation, family vulnerability, and escalating demonic violence
The Blair Witch Project
shared slow-building paranormal investigation and claustrophobic home setting
Movie Details
- Director
- Toshikazu Nagae
- Release Date
- 2010-11-20
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (478)
Cast
- Aoi Nakamura
- Noriko Aoyama
- Kosuke Kujirai
- Ayako Yoshitani
- Kazuyoshi Tsumura
- Maaya Morinaga
- Tōze Yamada
- Shinji Matsubayashi
Common questions
- What is Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night about?
- A wheelchair-bound woman and her camera-wielding brother confront a violent spirit that follows her from America into their Tokyo home.
- What is Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night as moderate.
- Which films are like Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night?
- Films with a similar feel include Paranormal Activity, Ju-On: The Grudge, [REC], and The Blair Witch Project.
- How long is Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night?
- Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night runs 91 minutes.
