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Ghost Killer

Play trailer Poster for Ghost Killer 2024,  1h 45m,  Action/ Crime/ Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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Ghost Killer

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Critics Consensus

Ghost Killer embraces its offbeat premise with confidence, delivering slick action, playful chemistry, and earnest charm.

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Leslie Felperin Guardian Mar 31, 2026
3/5
Takaishi has charisma to burn and an impressive range; she’s equally convincing as a hapless student screaming in shock at the destruction being wrought around her as she is as a dead-eyed killer when Kudo inhabits her body. Go to Full Review
James Perkins Starburst Mar 9, 2026
4/5
What really elevates Ghost Killer, though, is the unexpected humanity underneath the chaos. Go to Full Review
Pieter-Jan Van Haecke Psychocinematography Oct 15, 2025
Ghost Killer does little to re-invent the genre, but delivers everything one’s desires in such narratives in spades – a crowd-pleaser, indeed. Go to Full Review
Carla Hay Culture Mix Sep 5, 2025
Ghost Killer is an offbeat action film about a female college student possessed by the ghost of a vengeful assassin who was murdered. The movie's story gets very one-note, but it's mostly entertaining for anyone looking for unconventional ghost stories. Go to Full Review
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Sep 4, 2025
C+
Hardly a movie with wide appeal, but devotees of Japanese action comedy will probably enjoy it–especially the fight sequences–provided they can swallow the supernatural goofiness. Go to Full Review
Daniel Eagan ScreenAnarchy Aug 1, 2025
Delivers exactly what action fans want. Go to Full Review
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Kensuke Sonomura

Director

Akari Takaishi

Fumika Matsuoka

Masanori Mimoto

Hideo Kudo

Mario Kuroba

Riku Kagehara

Ayaka Higashino

Maho Iida

Hidenobu Abera

Masaki Katayama

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Ghost Killer

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Movie Info

Director
Kensuke Sonomura
Screenwriter
Yugo Sakamoto
Production Co
Rights Cube
Genre
Action, Crime, Horror
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
1h 45m
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