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| Densen Uta | |
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| Directed by | Masato Harada |
| Written by | Akimoto Yasushi |
| Produced by | Masato Harada |
| Starring | Yuko Oshima Ryuhei Matsuda Haruna Kojima Atsuko Maeda Sayaka Akimoto |
| Music by | Kuniaki Haishima |
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| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Densen Uta (伝染歌,Contagious Song) is a 2007 JapanesesatiricJapanese horror film produced byShochiku Corporation and directed byMasato Harada. Many of the cast are members of theAKB48idolgirl group.
Anzu Natsuno (Yuko Oshima), a student at an all-girl high school, hears a mysterious melody coming from the auditorium. There, she finds her classmate Kana (Atsuko Maeda) singing. Anzu's soon shocked when she sees Kana committing suicide after the song ends.
A few days later, Anzu is approached by magazine columnist Riku Nagase (Ryuhei Matsuda), who explains that he's investigating anurban legend ofdensen uta, or theinfectious song, that turns whoever sings the song suicidal. Riku convinces Anzu and her friends to sing the song to see if there's any truth to the urban legend. They reluctantly agree and sing the song.
Over next few days the girls, one by one, kill themselves, leaving Anzu to fight for her life. Coming closer to the source of the song, Anzu finds out about an unimaginable secret relating to her past and the song.
The film deployedviral marketing ads where faux bathroom graffiti clues led to a haunted ghost selfie and a printed QR code that led to the movie's website.[1]
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