Year: 2001
Runtime: 106 mins
Language: Japanese
Director: Masato Harada
Akira, a Tokyo teacher, arrives in a quiet rural town for his first posting and quickly becomes enamored with Miki, a papermaker from a sprawling, eccentric family. He learns of an age‑old legend that the clan bears the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, but dismisses it as superstition. When a string of unexplained deaths rattles the village and its residents grow uneasy, Akira is forced to confront the chilling truth behind Miki’s family and the ancient curse.
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