Yogen (2004)

Yogen: Directed by Norio Tsuruta. With Hiroshi Mikami, Noriko Sakai, Maki Horikita, Mayumi Ono. While stopped at a roadside phone booth for transmitting his work through the Internet to the university, Professor Hideki Satomi finds a scrap of newspaper with the picture of his five-year-old daughter Nana in the obituary section. He sees his wife Ayaka Satomi trying to release their daughter from the seat belt, when a truck without steering hits his car killing Nana. Three years later, Hideki is divorced from Ayaka, who is researching paranormal persons who claim to have read an evil newspaper anticipating the future still trying to believe on Hideki, and she finds that there are people cursed to foresee the future, but without power to save the victims. When Hideki changes the future by saving Ayaka, he becomes trapped in hell and has to make a choice regarding his own destiny.

“Having children myself, this movie struck me in a very emotional way. In fact, I was ALMOST moved to tears. That does not happen often.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf youu0026#39;re looking for a Ringu type horror flick, this isnu0026#39;t it. At times, Yogen moves rather slowly and doesnu0026#39;t pack the creepy punch I was expecting. That being said, I found the u0026quot;creepu0026quot; to be replaced with u0026quot;emotion.u0026quot; There could have been disappointment from the lack of scares since I was looking to watch a horror movie, but was pleasantly surprised by how moved I was. The ending is just perfect.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf youu0026#39;re a parent or simply know the feeling of emotional bonds, Yogen has the power to move you more than typical horror would.”