🏆 6 wins & 2 nominations total
The premise
Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the family carries the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, he brushes it off as silly superstition. After a series of mysterious deaths, however, the townspeople begin to grow restless, and Akira must confront the truth about Miki and her family.
Horror Vault's take
A Tokyo teacher transplanted to a remote Japanese village finds himself drawn to a enigmatic local woman whose family is bound to a centuries-old curse surrounding the Inugami — the fearsome Dog God of legend. As suspicious deaths begin to mount, the tight-knit community's unease turns to something darker, and the line between myth and terrifying reality begins to blur. Rooted in Japanese folklore, this slow-burn horror romance builds dread through atmosphere and mystery rather than shock, asking how well we can ever truly know the ones we love.
Content: Mysterious Deaths, Unsettling Imagery, Themes Of Hereditary Cursing
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Cast
Yuki Amami
Miki Bonomiya
Atsuro Watabe
Akira Nutahara
Eugene Harada
Seiji Doi
Shiho Fujimura
Tomie Bonomiya
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Takanao
Kanako Fukaura
Momoyo Bonomiya
Shion Machida
Sonoko Bonomiya
Kenichi Yajima
Michio Bonomiya
Masato Irie
Hirofumi Bonomiya
Makoto Togashi
Hide Ishiyama - the Nurse
Torahiko Hamada
Old Man in Black
Miyû Watase
Rika Bonomiya
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