Njengokunye ukungena kufayela le- Isilimi Franchise, USadako utshela inganekwane eswele kakhulu ethwele izindaba eziseceleni nezimfihlakalo ezingajulile. Ukugcizelela ingxenye "yokuhamba kancane" yokushisa okuhamba kancane, indaba ihamba ngaphandle komqondo oqinile wokuqondisa. Ilandela izinkwa zesinkwa samafilimu angaphambilini, kepha ijwayele ukulahleka kancane endleleni. 

USadako kulandela imicu embalwa ehlukile. Intombazane encane ene-amnesia itholakala izulazula emigwaqweni ngemuva kokuphunyuka ngokulambisa emlilweni owabekwa ngumama wayo onengqondo, owayenenkolelo yokuthi indodakazi yakhe ingukuzalwa kabusha kukaSadako odumile. Ulethwa esibhedlela lapho ahlangana khona UMayu Akikawa (Elaiza Ikeda, Isle of Dogs), isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo esikhanyisa intombazane. Kepha u-Akikawa ugxile kakhulu ekuzameni ukulandelela umfowabo olahlekile, uKazuma (Hiroya Shimizu, The Outsider) owanyamalala ngemuva kokuphenya ngegobolondo elishile lendlu yentombazane esiteshini sakhe se-YouTube. 

Ukugxila kwethu okuyisisekelo njengombukeli ku-Akikawa, kepha ngoba ukunaka kwakhe kunikelwe kuzakhiwo zabanye abalingiswa, akanendaba enkulu yakhe. Inhloso yakhe enkulu ukulandela leli tulo njengoba liqhubeka nxazonke ngoKazuma, intombazanyana, noSadako uqobo, bembula imfihlakalo ngayinye njengoba ezama ukuthola nokusindisa umfowabo. 

Ngenkathi sigxila ku-Akikawa, sichitha isikhathi esincane kakhulu nentombazane okuthiwa ukuzalwa kabusha kukaSadako; asiwutholi umqondo ocacile wokuxhumeka kwabo. Okuyinto eyihlazo ngoba bekungahle kube nokuningi ongakuhlola lapho. Esikhundleni salokho, sisele ngezifinyezo nje “zamakhono” akhe njengoba u-Akikawa ehola, edonsa ukugxila kude noSadako ngokugxila ekufuneni uKazuma (yena, njengomlingiswa, ocasulayo kakhulu futhi ongabalulekile ukuthi angabakhathaza izilaleli). 

UHideo Nakata - osilethele Isilimi emuva ku-1998 - ibuyela ku- USadako nombhali uNoriaki Sugihara (ISadako 2 3D). Ukuqondiswa kwefilimu kusebenza kahle kakhulu phakathi nezigcawu lapho uNakata avumela khona uSadako ngaphandle kwebhokisi ukuthi adlale. Ngeshwa, lokho akwenzeki kaningi. Okwefilimu ebizwa USadako, empeleni akanikwanga okuningi okufanele akwenze kwifilimu. Uphuma kafushane amahlandla ambalwa, kepha njengezethameli, ulindele okuningi kuye. 

Isikripthi sikaSugihara sihlukaniswe kancane - ithatha indawo phakathi kokuhlolwa kwesiko lakwa-YouTube (okwethulwa kusenesikhathi bese kwehla ngokuphelele), ukuvusa ukungezwani nentombazane encane (esheshe ichitheke bese iyakhohlakala), ukwakha uchungechunge lwezimfihlakalo okufanele zixazululwe (kufaka phakathi I-lore kaSadako uqobo, ethintwa nje kafushane). Kunzima ukuxhumana ngempela nefilimu lapho ishintsha izandla kaningi. 

Umklamo womsindo uthatha ukwesaba okukhula ngokuqhubekayo kwifilimu; USadako ithunyelwe ngombhalo ongethusi nokho omuhle ozihlanganisa kuwo wonke. Imisindo ye-Ambient yakha ukungezwani futhi idale ukungajwayelekile. I-Japanese horror cinema yenza izinto ezinhle ngokungaklanywa komsindo - Isilimi futhi UJu-On ukuba yizibonelo eziphawulekayo - ngakho-ke ngenkathi USadako wenza umsebenzi omuhle wokwakha ithoni nomoya, akulingani neze nabandulelayo. 

Njengokungena kufayela le- Isilimi Franchise, USadako kungumnikelo osetshenziswayo. Iyaqhubeka nezinganekwane futhi ingeza okuthe xaxa ekubunjweni komlingiswa. Njengefilimu ethusayo, kuyacindezela ngempela. Isikhathi esiningi sichithwa emdlalweni nakumfihlakalo kaKazuma, futhi akwanele kuchithwa enyameni yangempela yale ndaba - i-titular Sadako uqobo. Azisekho izinhlebo ezisemathunjini "zezinsuku eziyisikhombisa", futhi isithombe esesabekayo sincishisiwe phansi. 

Uma unesifiso sokubuka ifilimu egxila ngokudukisayo ekufuneni umlingiswa okhathazayo, USadako kuyisinqumo esifanele. Uma ufuna okuthile okunokwethusa kwangempela okunazo zonke izilinganiso ze-J-horror yakudala… mhlawumbe yeqa lena.

 

USadako idlala njengengxenye ye- Ukuhlelwa kukaFantasia Festival kuka-2019. Ngamafilimu amaningi, hlola iwebhusayithi yabo noma unake izibuyekezo zethu.