Set in an apartment building where many people are rumored to disappear one after another, the story begins when Maruko, a young delivery worker, accidentally discovers the secret of a suspicious resident. He and his older colleague Arakawa, who is an aspiring novelist, try to discover the resident's true identity. But in the end, the two got into an unexpected big incident.
Acting
Takahashi and Tanaka's bickering amateur sleuth chemistry.
Direction
Mizuno makes every hallway feel like a trap.
Production
The apartment building is basically a character.
Director
Itaru Mizuno
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Japanese 'apartment horror' taps into real anxieties about anonymous urban living and the 'mukade no ie' concept of hidden family secrets.
Rinko Kikuchi (Terada) was Oscar-nominated for Babel—her presence here signals something's deeply wrong before she even speaks.
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