A psychic housewife and her husband accidentally find a kidnapped girl. Instead of informing the police, they hatch a scheme to get famous by working with the police as a psychic consultant to 'find' the girl. Just when it all seems to go right, everything goes horribly wrong.
Direction
Kurosawa turns empty rooms into abysses.
Acting
Fubuki's smile curdles from desperate to terrifying.
Sound
Silence screams louder than any ghost.
Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kurosawa adapted this from his own novel, exploring how Japanese economic anxiety of the 1990s curdled into spiritual bankruptcy.
The doppelgänger's first appearance—shot from behind, same dress, same walk—was achieved without digital effects; Kurosawa simply hired a lookalike and blocked the scene with maddening precision.
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