Ayumi Iino

What did three girls see in a gymnasium on a summer night while on a test of courage? A family moves from Tokyo to Yamaguchi. What is the true nature of the strange atmosphere that permeates their house? What terror does a rookie nurse encounter while patrolling a hospital ward at night? A horror drama based on a true story!! ("Summer Gymnasium" / "The Haunted House" / "Midnight Ward")

Sakamaki dropped out of university and lives nihilistically every day. Every now and then, he receives strange phone calls at his home. The calls, which only mention the name of the place and a description of the caller, such as "Ikebukuro, a woman with long hair", are in fact murder threats. Sakamaki realises this and takes Mabuchi, a friend from his university days whom he met by chance, around to witness the crime, saying he will "show him something interesting". Sakamaki lies to Mabuchi, who blames him when he discovers his true intentions and lies about the impotence of human beings. Sakamaki has an experience from his high school days when a classmate committed suicide in front of him. However, something changes in Sakamaki after Mabuchi risks his life to save him from his own suicide attempt. He believes that the motive for the crime lies in loneliness, so he runs through the crowd to save the killer.

Jiro Kitami, a private detective, is assigned to a case involving the disappearance of a young woman. As he and a new private detective candidate, Naoki Ban, proceed with their investigation, they realize that the case has something in common with one from 20 years ago. The disappearance and betrayal of a woman he once had feelings for. What fate awaits Kitami as he comes face to face with scenes from the past that he had kept sealed away...