Teppei and Misao Kano are seeking a fresh start in a largely vacant apartment building called the Central Plaza Mansion. This claustrophobic ghost story does lay down the creepy atmosphere and hit the form's best notes, but I suspect the reception will be mixed largely because the book could be at least a third shorter, and its protagonists are real jerks. Reviewed by Cherie PriestIt's been 30 years since The Graveyard Apartment was published in Japan, and now this new translation aims to bring the supernatural stylings of Mariko Koike to a 21st-century English-reading audience. The psychological horror builds moment after moment, scene after scene, culminating with a conclusion that will make you think twice before ever going into a basement again. As strange and terrifying occurrences begin to pile up, people in the building start to move out one by one, until the young family is left alone with someone. This tale of a young married couple who harbor a dark secret is packed with dread and terror, as they and their daughter move into a brand new apartment building built next to a graveyard. Originally published in Japan in 1986, Koike’s novel is the suspenseful tale of a young family that believes it has found the perfect home to grow into, only to realize that the apartment’s idyllic setting harbors the specter of evil and that longer they stay, the more trapped they become.
Known in particular for her hybrid works that blend these styles with elements of romance, The Graveyard Apartment is arguably Koike’s masterpiece. They move into a brand new apartement, but the building is framed on three sides by a graveyard, Buddhist temple, and crematorium.One of the most popular writers working in Japan today, Mariko Koike is a recognized master of detective fiction and horror writing. The film tells the story of the Kano family, Hazuki, Brooke and their son Shiro. The french composer Alan Tyler (Curb your enthusiasm) will be scoring the music at the “Eastwood Scoring Stage” in Burbank, California. Christopher Ball and Yukie Kito are attached as executive producer. Roy Lee, Doug Davison and Takashige Ichise are attached as producers. Vertigo Entertainment and Ozla Pictures (Flight 7500) are producing while Quadrant Pictures is co-producing. Kazunari Ninomiya from Clint Eastwood’s Letters from Iwo Jima and Killing for the Prosecution will play the lead Hazuki Kano. With screenplay written by Takashi Shimizu and Paul Harris Boardman (Deliver Us from Evil), the film’s budgeted at around $8m.
The famous The Ju-on (The Grudge) director’s next project stars Letters from Iwo Jima’s Kazunari Ninomiya.įrom the Mariko Koike’s famous 1986 horror, Vertigo and Ozla to co-produce The Grudge director Takashi Shimizu’s upcoming novel-to-movie “The Graveyard Apartment”.Ĭurrently in pre-production, the English-language supernatural horror is scheduled to start shooting around November 2020.
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