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The film depicts the relationship between a beautiful teacher and a male teacher, popular among female students, an excellent student who tells the teacher about his feelings using an answering machine, and a high school student who bets on whether she can have a relationship with a male teacher. This is the debut full-length work by Hideo Nakata.
Kounosuke Mibu and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell in love 20 years ago. They had promised each other that they would build a retreat in Shiguretei, but Ushio was hospitalized after a stroke a few days later, and when his wife, Takako, rushed to the hospital, she discovered their love affair, which in reality had not gone beyond kissing. Now, 20 years later, against the advice of her ikebana mentor, Tae rushes to meet Ushio at Shiguretei, only to see him clutching his chest in pain. Eventually, the design and plans for the dream retreat are seen by Tae, but she has to visit Kyoto alone... or maybe she's heading for somewhere else.
The Kitao family is coping with the loss of the eldest daughter, Chizuko, who was killed in a freak accident the year prior. When the other daughter Mika is suddenly in a dangerous situation, Chizuko returns as a ghost to save her; reunited with her sister, Mika begins spending time with Chizuko again.
Under the influence of his delinquent friend, a former model student eschews schoolwork and joins a gang of school kids who do nothing but fight.
A raped woman appears before Kyoko. Natsumi, the boss of a gang of delinquents she knows, and her friends are also raped and humiliated by a rapist. Apparently, it is the same rapist. And it is a duo. As Kyoko and Natsumi begin to make their move, they discover that a mysterious beautiful girl named Emu is involved in the case. Kyoko also receives a letter from the rapist warning her about the case. Despite police security, Kyoko falls prey to the rapist, but manages to wound the perpetrator. However, a man is found dead with the same wounds... The case takes an unexpected turn when an unidentified person named “Dead Angry” becomes involved.
A yakuza search for his past
