Premonition
aka Yogen

2005
Japan
Color
Rated:R
95 min's.

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Directed by:
Norio Tsuruta
Producer: Taka Ichise
Cast:
Daisuke Ban
Maki Horikita
Hana Inoue
Hiroshi Mikami
Mayumi Ono

Lions Gate Films DVD
DVD Features:
• 16:9 WS
• Japanese 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital
• Scene Selection Menu
• Trailers
• English and Spanish Subtitles

Premonition I saw it coming...
Review: Allen F.

The second installment of series on LGF.
Premonition is the second installment in the Japanese J-Horror series of films that are going to be released over a period of time. The next film coming in the series will be "Reincarnation" and it is releasing in the near future. "Reincarnation" (aka Rinne) in Japan was Directed by the extremely popular Takashi Shimizu. I have been keeping tabs on all these releases both the Japanese and US versions for some time on the Kyonsi news pages.

Japanese Cover Art from website
After being very impressed with the first installment in the J-Horror Theater Series film Infection I was excited about Premonition. Premonition delivers a good story about newspaper articles that predict the future in a sense. If one man that now has this ability sees a paper that lists something like the death of his own daughter in an accident it does indeed happen just like the mysterious paper says. This film has mystery content as well as straight horror elements. The main character finds out he was not the first one to have this strange ability to see the impending dooms the future holds for people in its articles. He then goes on full on investigating the paper and past people that had the same abilities and the problems it caused them. He also becomes obsessed with changing the future demise of the victims he has foreseen the deaths of in print. A well done film with great acting and a really clear picture presentation on DVD. The sound is also great and the budget seems to have been good as it has a big picture fell not a B-Movie feel to it.

Writing words in your own blood is a sure sign of insanity.

Premonition has some horrific moments and you do end up caring about the family involved and other people in the storyline. The effects are really cool as well and there are some great extras that show how they did some of the high end film effects. I found the extras on the special effects to be very informative and entertaining. Next up as mentioned in the J-Horror Theater series will be "Reincarnation" (aka Rinne) and I again am looking forward to hopefully another great film in this series. This series is extremely better than some of the current Asian Horror flooding the US DVD market. Recommended!

Very Special Thanks to the Lions Gate Publicity Dept. for making this feature possible.