She hasn't aged a day in ten years. Neither has her thirst.
Yumi and Makoto are a college student couple. They love each other, but they are separated. Ten years later, Yumi appears before Makoto, who is living a life of despair in Tokyo. Yumi looks the same as she did ten years ago...
Cinematography
Dreamlike Tokyo nights that blur memory and hallucination
Acting
Saki Okuda's uncanny stillness vs. Satō's crumbling desperation
Director
Hitoshi Ishikawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pink films (pinku eiga) historically blended exploitation with art house experimentation; this 2020 entry revives the genre's ghost story subtradition for contemporary anxieties about aging and economic failure.
The title's 'matagura' refers to a specific crotch-level spiritual possession in folklore—yes, that's the actual ghost classification we're dealing with here.
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