Directed by Norio Tsuruta.
Starring: Daniel Gillies, Yoshino Kimura and Miho Ninagawa.
For season two's japanese director, producers surprisingly went with Norio Tsuruta whose best known for "Ringu: Zero", the prequal to the "Ringu" series and the better than average "Premonition", (not the ridiculous one with Sandra Bullock). Producers made this the season finale. Why? I'm guessing that it has to do with the 87 minute running time. Why did they let this film be roughly 30 minutes longer than other, more deserving episodes? I'm really not sure. There is good bit of tension that gets built up throughout the film, as well there should be. However, this is in no way one of the series best films. I'd say it ranks right in the middle.
The story is a fairly typical one. An American buisinessman in Japan is having an affair with his bosses wife. The boss invites him to join them on an evening cruise on his boat, named "Yuri" after his wife. American buisinessman isn't to keen on the idea. Not only will he be trapped on a boat with his mistresses intimidating husband/his boss, but American buisinessman watched his little brother drown when they were kids. The early half of the film focuses on whether or not the husband knows whats going on with obtuse accusations which create moments of unease. The boats propeller stops. Japanese boss/husband gets wetsuited up and dives in to try and fix it. The usual japanese tentacle of hair attacks his arm as the propeller starts up.
That's when the movie gets fun; stabbings, severed limbs, ghost women and children, flashbacks of murder. The gore and special effects are quality and really fun. I'm a big fan of the illuminescent ghosts. I like to think of them as old-timey ghosts a-la "The Canterville Ghost".
Overall, it's a good film. Like I said, it's kinda right in the middle, as far as this series goes. Not the best, but certainly not the worst.
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