Premonition (2004): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2004, Premonition is a horror film directed by Norio Tsuruta, running about 95 minutes.

What it’s about. While stopped at a roadside phone booth for transmitting his work through Internet to the university, Professor Hideki Satomi finds a scrap of newspaper with the picture of his five year old daughter Nana in the obituary. He sees his wife Ayaka trying to release their daughter from the seatbelt, when a truck hits his car killing Nana. Three years later, Hideki is divorced from Ayaka, who is researching paranormal people who claim to have read an evil newspaper anticipating the future. Still trying to believe in Hideki, she finds that there are people cursed to foresee the future but without the power to save the victims. When Hideki changes the future saving Ayaka, he becomes trapped in hell and he has to make a choice for his own destiny.

Who’s in it. Premonition stars Hiroshi Mikami as Hideki Satomi, Noriko Sakai as Ayaka Satomi, Maki Horikita as Sayuri Wakakubo and Mayumi Ono as Misato Miyamoto, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.1/10, Premonition has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In IN you can stream it on Lionsgate Play. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Premonition page.

If you liked it. Fans of Premonition tend to enjoy Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, The Shining and Alien.