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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01
Why this pick
Miike turns Japanese folklore into a colorful, mischievous creature adventure, preserving Hiruko’s mix of school-age unease, eccentric supernatural mythology, and gleefully handmade monster spectacle.
02
Why this pick
For Hiruko’s wild tonal shifts, this macabre musical horror-comedy delivers deadpan family dynamics, deliberately artificial effects, and a similarly fearless slide from mundane life into absurd supernatural chaos.
03
Why this pick
A playful yōkai period fantasy with practical creatures, gory fights, and comic-book energy; its unpretentious monster-movie spirit closely fits Hiruko’s spooky-but-fun sensibility.
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Why this pick
Miike again builds escalating unease from strange disappearances and unsettling encounters, but takes the surreal body horror and deadpan comedy into a far more adult, dreamlike direction.
05
Why this pick
Its haunted-location investigation, escalating grotesquerie, and tactile late-1980s effects offer a darker companion to Hiruko, with supernatural lore unfolding through a group trapped in an increasingly hostile space.
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01 / THE STORY
Reijiro Hieda, a young and energetic archeologist, has been discredited since advocating heretical theories. A letter from his brother-in-law Yabe, a junior high school teacher, tells of his discovery of an ancient tomb built to appease evil spirits. Hieda eagerly goes to investigate, only to find that Yabe has mysteriously disappeared along with one of his students, Reiko Tsukishima. Meanwhile, Yabe's son, Masao, searches for his father in the school during summer vacation and encounters Reiko. Masao becomes engulfed in a mysterious atmosphere, and strange creatures appear, upon which his back begins to ache and emit smoke. Hieda appears and saves Masao. Together they search the premises and find a sea of blood and a headless body while Reiko's quiet voice is heard singing.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Hieda Reijirou
Takashi Yabe
