Japan Synopsis
貞子vs伽椰子
“Who will win this curse!?”
A girl, Yūri Kurahashi, after watching a cursed videotape together with her friend in a haunted house, becomes trapped in a conflict between the two murderous ghosts: Sadako Yamamura and Kayako Saeki
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Films and series that share thematic tags with Sadako vs. Kayako. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2015–2017 Japan Window
In the crowded 2015-2017 Japan release window, Sadako vs. Kayako sits at #551 of 588. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including Sadako vs. Kayako. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.
The 3354th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
203 audience reviews — more than 86% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 72th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Sadako vs. Kayako, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- haunt · 3
- franchise · 2
- ring · 2
- sadako · 2
- kayako · 1
- the grudge · 1
- haunted house · 17
- curse · 17
- haunting · 9
- japan · 454
- murder · 155
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,205 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (8th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #263 of 391 (top 67%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, KADOKAWA |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | June 18, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5309954 |
| Official Site | www.sadakovskayako.jp |