I Want You

In a brief seaside encounter, Honda bumps into Helen and notices she drops her bracelet. This exchange seeds a strange, wordless connection between them. The film also hints that Honda stopped speaking after witnessing his mother's suicide, a trauma that informs his reactions.

Honda silently returns the bracelet to Helen, breaking his own silence for a moment. Her warmth in response marks the start of a fragile, uneasy connection between them. The moment hints at how small gestures can alter their dynamic.

Eight years after the initial events, Helen's ex-boyfriend Martin returns to the town after prison. He still pines for Helen but is too nervous to approach her directly. His arrival sets off renewed tension around Helen.

Frustrated by his inability to win Helen, Martin pays to spend time with a sex worker who shares some of Helen's features. The encounter underscores his fixation and foreshadows escalating danger.

Honda and Martin discover that Helen now has a boyfriend, a radio DJ named Bob. The discovery shifts their attention from harming Helen directly to disrupting her relationship. This introduces a new dynamic of surveillance and manipulation.

Honda and Helen begin stalking Bob with a long-range microphone, watching from a distance. Helen refuses to have sex with him, and Bob's behavior grows more aggressive. The dynamic tightens a dangerous grip over her life.

To expose Bob's violence, Honda and Helen trigger a tape that plays on Bob's own radio show. The broadcast condemns his behavior and strains his relationship with Helen, culminating in a breakup.

Believing Helen orchestrated the ruse, Bob shouts at her on the phone and breaks up with her. He chases Honda, but Martin ambushes him and beats him up. Honda's sister, thinking she is protecting her brother, begins dating Martin, though Martin's heart remains with Helen.

At a nightclub, Helen meets Sam, an old friend, and they kiss after dancing. She again refuses to have sex, and Martin intervenes, attacking Sam and sending Helen running in fear. The night reveals the fragility of Helen's safety.

Honda finds Helen and she reveals that, when she was fourteen, Martin began a sexual relationship with her. The revelation confirms the longstanding trauma she has carried and helps explain her current choices and fears.

Martin ends up in jail for manslaughter; the victim, according to Helen, was her father who died during a struggle over her. Helen begins to prepare a restraining order to keep him away from her life.

That night, Helen invites Honda to her house and manipulates the situation as Martin arrives. A brutal confrontation unfolds: Martin strangles Helen, Honda intervenes by smashing a bottle on his head, and Helen finishes Martin with a bust. They throw Martin's body into the river, then Helen leaves town while Honda is left traumatized; later recordings imply Honda begins to speak again.