Wednesday, April 15, 2009

SHIKOKU


Shikoku (a.k.a. Land Of The Dead) is a 1999 Japanese thriller directed by Shunichi Nagasaki and starring Yui Natsukawa, Michitaka Tsutsui, and Chiaki Kuriyama.

Hinako was very young when she was separated from her two best friends, Fumiya and Sayori. She moved with her parents to Tokyo, but now some years later, Hinako is back to her hometown known as Shikoku. Soon after she arrives, she learns that Sayori died several years ago and that her mother, who used to perform rituals, has gone almost insane, and her father has been in a coma for eight years. Since the very moment Hinako is back, she starts seeing Sayori's ghost; after consulting with some locals she discovers that Sayori's mother has something planned for her daughter.

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