The Incite Mill

2010 Japanese film by Hideo Nakata

Tatsuya Fujiwara
Haruka Ayase
Satomi Ishihara
Aya Hirayama
Nagisa Katahira
Kin'ya Kitaōji

CinematographyJunichiro HayashiMusic byKenji Kawai

Production
companies

Horipro
NTV
Twins Japan
Warner Bros. Japan
YTV

Distributed byWarner Bros.

Release date

16 October 2010 (2010-10-16) (Japan)

CountryJapanLanguageJapanese

The Incite Mill (インシテミル７日間のデス・ゲーム, Inshite Miru: 7-kakan no desu gemu, The Incite Mill: 7-Day Death Game) is a 2010 Japanese psychological thriller directed by Hideo Nakata.^[1] The movie is based on Honobu Yonezawa's novel The Incite Mill.

Plot

Ten people are promised a dream job that pays 112,000 yen ($1,236 US dollars) per hour, no experience or qualifications necessary. They are then taken to a remote underground complex where they are locked up and forced to participate in a murderous game that will last for seven days.^[2]

Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Rikuhiko Yuki
Haruka Ayase as Shoko Suwana
Satomi Ishihara as Miya Sekimizu
Aya Hirayama as Wakana Tachibana
Shinji Takeda as Sousuke Iwai
Tsuyoshi Abe as Yudai Osako
Kin'ya Kitaōji as Yoshi Ando
Nagisa Katahira as Sawako Fuchi
Takurō Ōno as Yukito Maki
Masanori Ishii as Munehiro Nishino
Yuki Furukawa as Indian Doll (voice)
Daisuke Kikuta

Theme music

Song title: "Shinjitemiru" (シンジテミル), translates to "See the Truth"
Label: Victor Entertainment (VTCL-35101)
Release date: October 13, 2010
This is Nakabayashi Mei's 3rd single release under her stage name of May'n.

Production

On 18 January 2010 Horipro confirmed Hideo Nakata as director of the film adaptation of the 2007 mystery novel Inshite Miru (The Incite Mill) by Honobu Yonezawa.^[3] Shooting began in March 2010.^[4] Tatsuya Fujiwara, Haruka Ayase and Satomi Ishihara were cast in the leading roles.^[5]^[6] Satoshi Suzuki wrote the screenplay.^[7]

Release

The film was released in Japanese theaters on 16 October 2010.^[8]

References

^ "Full Trailer for Hideo Nakata's 'The Incite Mill'". 6 July 2010.
^ "New Trailer: Spend Some Time in Hideo Nakata's The Incite Mill". 21 April 2010.
^ "Nakata to Direct The Incite Mill". 13 July 2012.
^ "ENOUGH of These Underground Games. Hideo Nakata, It's a Little Late". 19 January 2010.
^ "Trapped in a House with a Madman in 'The Incite Mill'". 21 April 2010.
^ Trailer – The Incite Mill: 7-Day Death Game (Inshitemiru: 7-nichikan no Desugeemu)
^ Schilling, Mark (18 January 2010). "Hideo Nakata to direct 'Incite Mill' Horipro produces Japanese psycho thriller". Variety.
^ "Full Japanese Trailer: Hideo Nakata's The Incite Mill". 11 October 2012.