Japan Synopsis
渋谷怪談
“The most terrifying Japanese legend comes alive!”
A group of teenagers unleash a curse when they use haunted public lockers in Shibuya. Supposedly, if you leave a gift in one of the lockers you will be lucky in love. However, the results are anything but lucky as a creepy female ghost with long black hair soon shows up to kill them off one by one.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Locker. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Geneon Entertainment
Horror + Thriller in Japan
90 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Locker itself).
The 2003–2005 Japan Window
In the crowded 2003-2005 Japan release window, The Locker sits at #283 of 298. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Locker premiered alongside 95 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 95 other Japan films in 2004.
The 1571st Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
21 audience reviews — more than 38% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 17th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Locker, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- locker · 2
- supernatural power · 11
- urban legend · 10
- murder mystery · 10
- ghost story · 9
- japan · 454
- ghost · 84
- tokyo · 78
- surrealism · 34
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,452 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (3rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -2.0 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #336 of 391 (top 86%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Geneon Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 11m |
| Release Date | February 7, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0475147 |