Forbidden Siren

Forbidden Siren (2006)

サイレン

It all began with a mysterious warning...

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.

Date of release
2006-02-11
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (56)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Director
Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Casting

Interesting facts

Siren , also known as Forbidden Siren in English-speaking territories, is a 2006 Japanese supernatural psychological thriller mystery folk horror film directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. It is an adaptation and side story of the PlayStation 2 video game Forbidden Siren 2, part of the Siren survival horror series. The film also includes elements from the first game in the series. It stars Yui Ichikawa in her first leading role in a film, alongside Leo Morimoto, Naoki Tanaka and Hiroshi Abe. The plot follows a family that moves to a remote island with centuries' worth of folk history, where supernatural incidents start occurring. Koji Nozaki served as the film's VFX supervisor.

Background

At the time of the film's production, the first game in the series had sold over 200,000 units in Japan, and more than 300,000 units in North America. In spite of this, its sequel Forbidden Siren 2 was never released in North America.

The film adaptation was announced in English-language press on September 29, 2005, close to the end of production. Yui Ichikawa, famous for her role as Chiharu in Ju-On: The Grudge and Ju-On: The Grudge 2, was cast in the lead role. Ichikawa had previously collaborated with director Tsutsumi on H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi, a television drama adaptation of the H2 manga.

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