Film

The Shadow Spirit

2007 · 2h 13m · Thriller · Crime

IMDb

5.9

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.

Shinichi Tsutsumi

kyougokudo

Kippei Shiina

Sekiguchi

Hiroshi Abe

enokizu reijirou

Hiroyuki Miyasako

kiba syutarou

Akira Emoto

mimasaka koushirou

Hitomi Kuroki

yuzuki youko

Rena Tanaka

Atsuko chuzenji

Ryoko Shinohara

Aoi Shimoyama

• Masato HaradaDirector · Writer

Release date

December 21, 2007

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 13m

Genres

Thriller, Crime