7.575 minSeason 1 • Episode 5
LatestThe murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates her daughter was playing with all claim not to remember the identity of the killer. In her anger, she puts a curse on them.
Direction
Kurosawa's patient, dread-soaked horror without jump scares.
Acting
Kyoko Koizumi's Asako—grief weaponized into terrifying stillness.
Writing
Each episode a self-contained character study of trauma's aftermath.
Creator
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapts Kanae Minato's novel; Japanese society's pressure on female silence and group harmony (wa) makes the girls' conspiracy devastatingly plausible.
Kurosawa shot this for WOWOW television between theatrical features, proving his mastery of intimate dread works on any screen size.
JP
