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The Shadow Spirit (2007)

The Shadow Spirit (2007)

Crime Thriller
Release Date: 2007, December 21
Directors: Masato Harada
Countries: Japan
Production: Showgate
Cast: Akira Emoto, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Hitomi Kuroki, Kippei Shiina, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Abe, Rena Tanaka

Overview:

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.