Don’t Look Up

During the screening of the day’s shoot, Murai and the crew discover that their negatives are intermingled with undeveloped footage from an old film. The found material shows a pale, long‑haired woman in white standing in the background and laughing, an image that remains eerie and out of focus.

Within the old film footage, a pale, long-haired woman in white appears in the background and laughs in a chilling, unsettling way. The image unsettles Murai and hints that the past is intruding on their present production.

As principal photography continues, Murai begins to glimpse the ghost on the location set. The specter seems to shadow him, growing clearer with each pass.

Lead actress Hitomi Kurokawa experiences a presence that repeats her lines during a reading session. The repetition hints that the spirit is interfering with performance.

Several crewmembers report ghostly sightings in the studio, recalling the old film’s tragedy. Hitomi’s agent hands her a protective charm and then flees in fear.

During a take, Murai sees the ghost lurking behind teenage actor Saori Mochizuki on the rigs above the set. Mochizuki suddenly falls to her death, forcing a shutdown of production.

Murai learns that the old film was never released because the actress in a scene died during production. He remembers the film frightened him as a child when he saw it on TV, and he notes it was shot in the same studio.

Filming resumes despite the tragedy, but Kurokawa glimpses an apparition of Mochizuki during a take. The haunting intensifies as the crew grows more unsettled.

The actress replacing Mochizuki becomes possessed by the ghost and descends into a hysterical frenzy. The possession destabilizes the already tense set and raises the stakes for everyone.

More crewmembers report ghostly apparitions and urge Murai to shut the project down. He firmly believes they must finish the film, despite the growing danger.

After seeing the ghost stalking Hitomi Kurokawa’s character in the day’s footage, Murai fears for her life and hurries back to the studio to protect her. The sense of imminent danger compounds the production’s urgency.

In the studio, the ghost torments Murai and drags him away while laughing. The director’s fate becomes uncertain as the haunting closes in.

With Murai disappeared, the crew struggles to finish the film, uncertain how to proceed without their director. The atmosphere grows thick with fear and unresolved questions about the supernatural.

Visiting Murai’s apartment with a crewmember to look for clues, Hitomi realizes in horror that she had seen the ghost reflected in a mirror. The final revelation underlines the film’s cursed nature.