Aya Mizuno

Sho Aikawa plays a police detective whose dark personal history makes it impossible for him to stay within the limits of the legal system. But he is not just a detective; he is also a husband who has to explain to his wife how he got blood on his sleeve. And the criminals he pursues turn out to be as imperfect and oddly human as he is-and just as determined to protect their own families.

Un soir, seules à la maison, deux lycéennes se font peur en se racontant une mauvaise blague. Une étrange rumeur circule à propos d'une cassette vidéo qui, une fois visionnée, déclenche une terrible malédiction : une mort annoncée sept jours plus tard. Après le décès de sa cousine Tomoko Oishi, Reiko Asakawa, une jeune journaliste, enquête, mais très vite le maléfice la rattrape.

It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.

A young Tokyo businessman joins an online movie forum and develops a special bond with one of its members through back and forth e-mails.