Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night

Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night
Japanese theatrical poster
Directed by	Toshikazu Nagae
Written by	Toshikazu Nagae
Produced by	Yasutaka Hanada Takeshi Kase Kenichi Nakayama
Starring	Aoi Nakamura Noriko Aoyama
Cinematography	Tōru Hirao
Production company	Presidio Corporation
Distributed by	Presidio Corporation
Release date	November 20, 2010 (2010-11-20)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	¥1.35 million
Box office	¥41.6 million

Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night (Japanese: パラノーマル・アクティビティ 第2章 TOKYO NIGHT, Hepburn: Paranōmaru Akutibiti Dai Ni Shō: Tōkyō Naito) is a 2010 Japanese independent supernatural horror film written and directed by Toshikazu Nagae. Commissioned by the Japanese distributor Presidio Corporation, the film is based on the 2007 American film Paranormal Activity and documents events that follow from the original film. Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night was screened at various locations across Japan by Cinema Sunshine. It was later screened in various other countries.

Plot

In 2010, during a stay in San Diego, California, Japanese student Haruka Yamano (Noriko Aoyama) is involved in a car accident that breaks both of her legs and cutting her trip short and she returns to her home in Tokyo, Japan. Shortly after her return, Shigeyuki (Kazuyoshi Tsumura), her father, leaves for a business trip abroad in Singapore, leaving her with her 19-year-old younger brother Koichi (Aoi Nakamura).

Haruka discovers one morning that her wheelchair has moved despite the wheels being locked. Koichi suspects it to be a paranormal force and places a mound of salt in Haruka’s room, filming it without her knowledge. The next morning the salt is scattered and while reviewing the film they see the salt scatter with no visible means. Koichi investigates further by filming Haruka sleep, though she disapproves and eventually insists he grow up and stop believing in supernatural nonsense until a drinking glass breaks during dinner.

Reluctantly, Haruka lets Koichi film her during the night again, this time recording the curtain beside her bed moving and the blanket being pulled from the bed. Koichi’s friend Jun Nagoshi (Kōsuke Kujirai) visits the next day with his girlfriend Mai Yaguchi (Maaya Morinaga) and her friend Misuzu Kure (Ayako Yoshitani). Misuzu remarks feeling a strange presence at the Yamanos’ house and Koichi asks if she can investigate the demon haunting Haruka. After examining Haruka’s room, Misuzu claims she has never felt a presence like this before and suddenly plugs her ears, screaming and foaming at the mouth, and quickly leaves. Through the internet Koichi finds and contacts a Shinto priest to perform a purification ceremony. That night while doing homework Koichi is alerted to someone in the house, on the first floor. He goes to investigate and finds ceiling lamps flickering and loud music blaring from the radio in the living room.

The Shinto priest arrives at their house to perform the purification ceremony. The priest tells them the presence has settled down and assures the two they have nothing to fear. The following nights progress with no incidents. After two days, Shigeyuki returns home from his business trip. On night 12, Haruka’s wheelchair moves towards the camera and cuts it off. Haruka and Koichi review the footage and realize that the presence has not gone. Koichi tries contacting the Shinto priest but is told the priest died of a heart attack after leaving them. The next night, the events worsen when Haruka is dragged out of bed by her hair by a force she believes to be under her bed. The two siblings consider leaving the house. Haruka tries to contact Shigeyuki, but he is not answering his cellphone.

Haruka then recalls Katie, a woman involved in the same car accident that cut her trip short, and after searching her name on the Internet, believes that the demon that had possessed her is now targeting Haruka. She reveals to Koichi that she experienced similar strange phenomena while recuperating in the hospital in America. Haruka tells Koichi to escape without her if the demon attacks them both. In the night, he hears her screaming and finds her in the yard in her wheelchair. Haruka claims that the demon is tormenting her from behind and reveals a strange bite mark on her arm before losing consciousness. Koichi watches Haruka for the rest of the night and, in the morning, places a crucifix in her hand. After he leaves the room, Haruka drops the crucifix, and it moves along the floor before composting and several windows break in the room. Meanwhile, Haruka remains asleep throughout the commotion. Koichi brings her breakfast upstairs and upon discovering the scorched crucifix and broken glass everywhere, breaks down in tears as Haruka sleeps on.

On night 15, Haruka wakes up at 1 AM, stumbles to Koichi’s room, and stands by his bedside staring at him for two hours while he is asleep. Around 3 AM, she walks downstairs and wakes Koichi with a scream. Alarmed, Koichi runs to the living room where he discovers Shigeyuki’s corpse in closet. A possessed Haruka appears and knocks the camera from his hand and then violently throws Koichi at the camera in his room and approaches. Koichi escapes and boards a taxi outside of his house. As the taxi drives away, Haruka appears in front of it and it strikes into her before slamming into a wall. The crash kills the driver while Koichi survives. The screen fades to black.

Later, Koichi goes to a funeral home to pay his respects to his sister, who is believed to have died in the crash. When Koichi removes the sheet he is shocked to see it is the body of the taxi driver. Koichi is suddenly dragged into the darkness screaming and the camera cuts to black for about 15 seconds. When the camera runs again, Haruka is seen staring at it with a demonic grin, the demon sound is heard as the scene cuts out.

An epilogue text states that Koichi was found dead, Shigeyuki's body was discovered in the house later and Haruka's whereabouts remain unknown. Some versions don't have the text in the end.

Cast

• Aoi Nakamura as Koichi Yamano
• Noriko Aoyama as Haruka Yamano
• Kazuyoshi Tsumura as Shigeyuki Yamano
• Kōsuke Kujirai as Jun Nagoshi
• Maaya Morinaga as Mai Yaguchi
• Ayako Yoshitani as Misuzu Kure
• Tōze Yamada as the Exorcist
• Shinji Matsubayashi as the Exorcist's Assistant

Reception

Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night scored 5.1/10 from IMDb.

Release

Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night was released on November 20, 2010 in Japan.

Home media

Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night was released onto rental DVD and Blu-ray on March 4, 2011. It was then released for home entertainment on April 5, 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night at IMDb
• Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night at Rotten Tomatoes