Masako, a widow, runs the local hot spring inn, Aku no Yu, all by herself. Her niece, Ritsuko, has been helping out at the inn since graduating from junior college in Tokyo. Her husband, Ikuo, died in an accident and was condemned to hell for adultery with Ritsuko, and his ghost roams the earth. One day, Kurio, who had been laid off and decided to commit suicide, arrives at the inn. Surprisingly, he looks exactly like Ikuo...
Satomi Shinozaki
Tomomi Aizawa
Hiroyuki Kawasaki
Motoko Sasaki
Kenichi Kôbe
Masako, a widow, runs the local hot spring inn, Aku no Yu, all by herself. Her niece, Ritsuko, has been helping out at the inn since graduating from junior college in Tokyo. Her husband, Ikuo, died in an accident and was condemned to hell for adultery with Ritsuko, and his ghost roams the earth. One day, Kurio, who had been laid off and decided to commit suicide, arrives at the inn. Surprisingly, he looks exactly like Ikuo...
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After a messy breakup with her high school boyfriend, April strikes up an unexpected platonic friendship with his new girlfriend, Clara.
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The life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper yet mysterious descent, whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture.
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