The Shadow Spirit

Overview

A series of murders of beautiful girls occur in Tokyo not long after the end of the war. Also the daughter of a retired actress, Yuzuki Yoko, has gone missing. In the meantime, a religious cult that claims to shut away misfortunes in a box has been gaining popularity, displaying an eerie aspect. Yoko's daughter is alleged to have been run over by a train, and taken into a research institute situated in a gigantic box-shaped building. A private detective Enokizu (Abe Hiroshi), a writer Sekiguchi (Shiina Kippei), a journalist Atsuko and a police detective Kiba each pursues their own case, and Chuzenji (Tsutsumi Shinichi), an owner of a secondhand bookshop, "Kyogoku Do" suspects that all cases are linked to the box-shaped research institute.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 21, 2007

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Showgate

Cast

Shinichi Tsutsumi,Kippei Shiina,Hiroshi Abe,Hiroyuki Miyasako,Akira Emoto,Hitomi Kuroki,Rena Tanaka,Ryoko Shinohara,Aoi Shimoyama

Director

Masato Harada

Writer

Masato Harada,Natsuhiko Kyogoku

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0949831