The Shadow Spirit (2007)
2h 13m
Running Time
December 21, 2007Release Date
The Shadow Spirit (2007)
2h 13m
Running Time
December 21, 2007Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Akihiko Chuzenji
Hiroshi Abe
Reijiro Enokizu
Kippei Shiina
Tatsumi Sekiguchi
Hiroyuki Miyasako
Shutaro Kiba
Rena Tanaka
Atsuko Chuzenji
Hitomi Kuroki
Yoko Yuzuki
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Torakichi Awa
Akira Emoto
Koshiro Mimasaka
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 21, 2007
Original Name魍魎の匣
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 13m
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Wiki.
Mōryō no Hako (魍魎の匣, "Box of Spirits and Goblins") is a Japanese novel by Natsuhiko Kyogoku. It is the second novel in the Kyōgokudō series that began with Summer of the Ubume. The novel has been turned into a live action feature film, a manga, and an anime television series.