两个命运般的人相遇将改变无数人的命运。 　　The fateful meeting of two people who will change the fates of countless more.

两个命运般的人相遇将改变无数人的命运。 　　The fateful meeting of two people who will change the fates of countless more.

During the exercise, the search and rescue squad receives a message about the child lost in the forest. While conducting a search operation, rescuers encounter an ominous entity: according to tradition, this is the restless spirit of a witch who died here long ago, which locals call Lame Widow. They believe that meeting Widow brings death.

两个朋友带他们的朋友去一个僻静的小屋，让他忘记最近失去妻子的事情。他们没想到的是，他们在不知不觉中烧毁了一棵树上的木材，而这棵树是从曾经用来烧死强大女巫的土堆上长出来的。被诅咒的木材重新唤醒了黑暗的灵魂和生物，迫使他们和一名被困的女人在母亲之夜为自己的生命而战。这根圣诞木头在地狱里永远燃烧。

During the exercise, the search and rescue squad receives a message about the child lost in the forest. While conducting a search operation, r…

Aki and Naoko are childhood friends who are drifting apart as adults. Immersed in her family life, Naoko now has a husband and daughter; Aki, on the other hand, remains single and is on leave from work due to a personal crisis. The plot might sound familiar but it has never been told like this. The director Kusano Natsuka stages the interactions through an actors’ table-read and, as the lines are repeated, the scenes gradually develop into on-location conversations. Moreover, she repositions the dramatic peak of the story to the beginning: Aki has murdered Naoko’s daughter. 　　Structurally inventive, Kusano's daring cinema implements ‘distantiation’ effects to get to the heart of friendship issues at times when life has settled. While the repetitions convey the suffocation of role patterns in both friendship and family, a line left out or added in unsettles and reminds us life can take unexpected turns.

Aki and Naoko are childhood friends who are drifting apart as adults. Immersed in her family life, Naoko now has a husband and daughter; Aki, on the other hand, remains single and is on leave from work due to a personal crisis. The plot might sound familiar but it has never been told like this. The director Kusano Natsuka stages the interactions through an actors’ table-read and, as the lines are repeated, the scenes gradually develop into on-location conversations. Moreover, she repositions the dramatic peak of the story to the beginning: Aki has murdered Naoko’s daughter. 　　Structurally inventive, Kusano's daring cinema implements ‘distantiation’ effects to get to the heart of friendship issues at times when life has settled. While the repetitions convey the suffocation of role patterns in both friendship and family, a line left out or added in unsettles and reminds us life can take unexpected turns.

インターネットで知り合った昴と香。彼らは心中を図るため、香の故郷である岩手を目指す。ひきこもりの昴は謎の少女、香を前に死に対する自分の思いを再確認していく。

インターネットで知り合った昴と香。彼らは心中を図るため、香の故郷である岩手を目指す。ひきこもりの昴は謎の少女、香を前に死に対する自分の思いを再確認していく。

一名厨师终于开了自己的高档餐厅，但地址选在了乡野传说中女巫住过的“鬼屋”，可怕的事情发生：食物里有虫子爬出，血腥事件来临……