Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in the 19th Japan where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, an Kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.
Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in the 19th Japan where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, an Kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.
Kowai Onna-Unholy Women. Uketsugu mono (The Inheritance) - Shimizu Takashi Divorcee Saeko decides to leave the city with her 7-year-old son Michio to live with her bedridden mother. One day, Michio sees his mother staring at a wooden chest in a shed. From then on, Saeko’s behaviour becomes more and more strange.
Kowai Onna-Unholy Women. One day, Kanako hears a rattling sound in front of a building while walking home. The moment she looks up, something hits her hard. She loses consciousness for a while. When she wakes up and finds that she's unhurt, she then continues her way home. As soon as she arrives, she starts seeing a deformed woman who begins to haunt her.
Kowai Onna-Unholy Women. Sekiguchi is a young car mechanic leading an unexciting life. That all changes when one day his boss asks him to take his attractive sister on a drive. To Sekiguchi‘s surprise, his hot date is covered from head to waist by a sack.
Shingijeon or The Divine Weapon, colloquially referred to as a 'fact-ion' film. The storyline of Shingijeon therefore interweaves historical facts with fictional overtones and add-ons.
Though the story is based mainly on a supernatural premise, it is more of a love story rather than a ghost/horror film. The story is adapted from The Ancient Chinese Classic 'GHOST STORIES'.
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