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Directed by | Kenta Fukasaku |
Screenplay by | Tetsuya Oishi |
Based on | Sono Kētai wa X-Cross de by Nobuyuki Jōkō |
Produced by | Masatake Kondô |
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Cinematography | Takashi Komatsu |
Edited by | Chieko Suzaki |
Music by | Yoshihiro Ike |
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Distributed by | Toei |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
X-Cross (エクスクロス 魔境伝説, Ekusu Kurosu Makyō Densetsu, lit. X-Cross: Legend of the Devil's Nest) is a 2007 Japanese action horror film directed by Kenta Fukasaku, based on the novel Sono Kētai wa X-Cross de (そのケータイはXXで, lit. The Cellphone Is an X-Cross) by Nobuyuki Jōkō. The film stars Nao Matsushita, Ami Suzuki, Shoko Nakagawa, Maju Ozawa, and Hiroyuki Ikeuchi.[1][2][3][4][5]
Recovering from a failed love affair, Shiyori Mizuno and her best friend Aiko Hiuke decide to travel to the country on vacation. Arriving at a village, the two friends soon discover the villagers are all a part of a brutal cult.
The film's ending theme song is "Potential Breakup Song" (こわれそうな愛の歌, Kowaresōna Ai no Uta) by Aly & AJ.[5] Ami Suzuki covered the song under the pseudonym "Ami Suzuki Joins Aly & AJ" to promote the film.[6]
X-Cross was released in the U.S. on Blu-ray by Media Blasters on September 28, 2021.[7][8]