Sayaka Taniguchi

This film tells three scary stories that take place in and around a school in Japan. While each of the stories can be viewed independently, they are linked by location and by the time they occur. The events are defined on the last day of summer vacation, the students contemplate the passage of their temporary freedom and the resumption of classes

Chef de gare dans le nord du Japon, Otomatsu Sato est un authentique cheminot, toujours fidèle au poste. Alors qu’il approche de la retraite et que la gare est sur le point de fermer, il est confronté à ses regrets : dix-sept ans auparavant, il n’a pas pu être présent lors du décès de sa fille, puis de sa femme. Une jeune fille survient alors, qui lui rappelle son enfant perdue…

Three junior high school students hear a rumor about the science lab and sneak into the classroom at night...

Norihiko, who couldn't tell his friends that his family was too poor to buy him a bicycle and had to tell lie after lie after lie, became an office worker whose only merit as an adult was his feeble mind and no tardiness or absenteeism.