Never After Dark (2026) Movie Script
1
(upbeat music playing)
(music concludes)
(ominous music playing)
(Miku sighs)
Hey, I'm getting carsick.
You're breaking way too hard.
Mom does that.
How about you drive, then?
- (groans)
- Airi: If you're not able to,
keep quiet.
You suck.
(engine revs)
(dark music playing)
(music concludes)
- (crow cawing)
- (birds chirping)
Well?
- Mm... very huge.
- Not that.
Doesn't something feel off?
- We should have stayed home.
- (laughs) What home?
You behave yourself.
It's work after all.
(car door shuts)
Hello, I'm Gunji Nakazawa.
- Mom's out shopping.
- Oh, ah. Mm-hmm.
Aren't there two of you?
Uh, I'm alone. Mm-hmm.
- Oh, y... your luggage.
- Airi: That's okay, I got it.
Well, I'll make tea.
(Airi groans)
(grunts)
He's your type, huh?
Um... (clears throat)
I don't really...
believe in this stuff.
But my mom's not doing too well.
She... somehow thinks
you can help us do something.
So... yeah.
We'd be in your debt.
But for now,
I think it'd be nice
if you showed her there's
nothing scary in this house.
- Yes, that's my job after all.
- (door opens)
(squeals)
I'm so glad you're here!
(squeals, giggles)
I'm Teiko.
Though I thought
there were two of you.
- She's alone.
- Oh.
It's an honor to finally meet.
Airi, right?
There should be plenty
of food for your stay.
But if you need more, ask, okay?
Around here, there's not
a restaurant for miles.
Ah, has she seen the house?
We were waiting for you, Mom.
Put the luggage away.
The two of us
can take it from here.
All right?
Where should we start?
Show me where you saw that man.
We'll start there.
(bird screeching)
Teiko: We rent out
a few different places.
Bought this one at an auction.
Originally, I heard
it was a hotel.
After that, I was told
an old couple
used to live here.
- Now, I'm here by myself.
- (dark music playing)
It's unoccupied,
so I keep thinking
I'll fix it up at some point.
But it's a lot
to take on by oneself.
That clock...
Only tells the time...
when it feels like it.
Down there...
that door...
always opens on its own.
(eerie music playing)
(light clicks on)
(music concludes)
Teiko: I was here making tea.
I set the cup down,
and when I looked up...
I saw him.
There.
(screams) I dropped my teacup.
It sucked.
It was my favorite one.
After that, I ran over
to where Gunji was at.
That day, he happened to be here
with me in the house.
Gunji: I didn't see anything.
That boy.
He thinks I've completely lost
my mind, you know? Right?
Gunji: No, I just said
I didn't see it.
I even waited
until twelve o'clock too.
- Like you said, didn't I?
- Yeah.
I noticed recently,
he tends to appear
at the twelve o'clock hour.
- At noon or midnight?
- At both.
But someone gave up
after just one day.
The phone rang, remember?
Sometimes he calls
the phone line.
You don't know it's him calling.
Who else would it be?
What kind of face did he have?
After my husband died,
I took up painting.
They say it helps calm you.
That's not the case anymore.
Here.
- (mysterious music playing)
- Ah... the lights.
(eerie music playing)
- (music concludes)
- Airi: If you die clinging
tightly to things of this world,
your soul becomes unable
to move on.
Your soul stays behind
without its body?
Mm-hmm. You become stuck
in a loop, like Sisyphus.
Sisyphus?
Trapped in some kind of space
or moment in time.
My job entails helping
those kinds of souls
to break free,
to become unstuck from there,
so they can go
to the next world.
I see.
- "The next world," huh?
- So now, what will you do?
I'll be closely following
all of your behaviors
in order to experience
the things that you did.
- You're moving in?
- (crow cawing)
And then, how do you...
- get rid of him?
- (birds calling)
Between this world and the next,
there's a veil, you see?
It's quite thin.
I'll pierce the veil
and then commune with them.
- (chuckling) Hold on.
- A veil?
So, you go in
and take them down from there?
I use a method from my mother
and her mother before her.
I can't wait.
Uh... My apologies,
but for the ritual,
I must ask you
to leave the premises.
Huh?
It's too risky.
Oh.
Hey, we're paying
good money for this.
(scoffs) We're gonna watch.
I'm really sorry about this,
but it's not a show
for entertainment.
There's nothing worth
seeing anyway, so...
Ah, also, before I begin,
I require the deposit, please.
(ominous music playing)
Please, make yourself at home.
The hotel phone number.
Call as soon
as something happens.
- (car door opens, closes)
- (car engine starts)
(music concludes)
(floorboard creaking)
(whimsical music playing
over record player)
(gasps)
You there, sis?
Was that you, Miku?
Sorry.
I couldn't resist.
This place is funny, isn't it?
But creepy too.
- Hmm.
- Hey, hey. How's the young man?
- Handsome?
- Oh, stop it.
Airi, it's better for you
to spend time with the living,
not just with the dead.
You're one to be talking, huh?
(phone ringing)
Gunji: (over phone) Um, hello?
Yes.
Gunji: (over phone) It's Gunji.
Uh.
Gunji: (over phone) I forgot
to tell you something.
(clears throat)
We took an inventory
of everything in the house.
If anything goes missing,
we'll know right away. Bye.
(line disconnects)
He's a nice guy.
- (music concludes)
- (birds chirping)
(clock pendulum creaking)
Hmm.
(eerie music playing)
(clock pendulum stops)
(foreboding music playing)
(music concludes)
(floorboard creaking)
- (suspenseful music playing)
- (scratching)
(scratching stops)
(eerie music playing)
(music concludes)
(eerie music playing)
(unsettling music playing)
- (crow cawing)
- (birds chirping)
- (door creaks open)
- (music concludes)
Teiko: (over phone) You saw him?
Really?
Airi: Yes. Just as you said.
Teiko: (over phone) I knew it!
I'll make contact tomorrow
while the sun is out.
Teiko: (over phone) Not tonight?
I never work at night.
The veil becomes too thin.
It gives them a lot more power.
Teiko: (over phone, sighs)
The veil, huh?
Airi: But I wanted you
to know...
Teiko: (over phone)
That I'm not crazy.
Right?
(crickets chirping)
- Airi: That's correct.
- (ominous music playing)
(moans softly)
OSAKA
Oita? Too far.
(suspenseful music playing)
- Tochigi?
- Much closer.
But first, we have
to finish up here.
It won't take long.
Once we figure out
what he wants,
- the rest is a piece of cake.
- Miku: Hmm.
What's up?
Like you didn't notice?
This spirit is...
different somehow.
- He's not normal.
- He is too normal.
Just a dead guy.
(Miku gasps, shudders)
(eerie music playing)
What's wrong?
Did you see something?
It's similar to when I died.
I feel...
like something terrible
will happen.
There was the wide-eyed ghost...
that followed us
around non-stop.
- Remember?
- I forgot.
Miku: Don't lie.
You were so afraid then.
When you were scared.
"Hold me, please!"
You would always say that.
(sighs sharply)
I'll always be right beside you.
I'm saying this
because I'm worried about you.
Could you stop treating me
like the baby?
I'm the one who's older now.
(gasps) But I'm the one...
Sorry.
- (telephone ringing)
- (gasps)
Hello?
Gunji?
- (man straining over phone)
- (Airi inhales sharply)
If that's all,
I'm hanging up, okay?
(man continues to shriek
over phone)
Airi: Yep. Got it.
Bye bye now.
(clattering in distance)
(wind howling)
(door slams)
- (gasps)
- (Gunji pants)
(suspenseful music playing)
- (music stops abruptly)
- (gasps)
(birds chirping)
(suspenseful music playing)
(music concludes)
Stay out of it this time, sis.
Got it. I'll be quiet.
No, I don't mean it like that.
Then what?
I'll do it
by myself without help.
Don't distract me.
Last chance to walk away.
If I do, then what?
I'm alive, so I have to live.
Unlike you.
Okay.
But promise me this.
See it through to the end.
Promise me, Airi.
Be quiet, please.
(mysterious music playing)
(suspenseful music playing)
- (wind whooshing)
- (music concludes)
- (footsteps thudding)
- (eerie music playing)
(scratching)
(man grunting)
(scratching)
Airi: It's no use.
What are you looking for?
Perhaps I can help you.
(music concludes)
(door clicks open)
(doors creak open)
(door creaks shut)
(tense music playing)
- (music stops abruptly)
- (gasps, breathes heavily)
- (birds chirping)
- (ominous music playing)
(sighs)
(music concludes)
Miku: What's inside?
- Airi: Wanna guess?
- (objects rattling)
Ew.
(suspenseful music playing)
(music stops abruptly)
(foreboding music playing)
(birds chirping)
(crow cawing)
(flies buzzing)
(window thudding)
(eerie music playing)
(suspenseful music playing)
(door shuts)
(objects clattering)
Airi: Who's there?
- Sorry, Airi.
- (music continues)
Teiko: You must think
I'm an absolute idiot.
(music concludes)
Teiko: It's just...
I couldn't resist.
I wanted to watch you work.
Uh, but I really
didn't see much.
What can I say?
Y... You lit a candle
and just sat for hours on end.
- Miss Nakazawa.
- Teiko is fine.
Teiko, then.
I cannot allow you to take part
in the ritual I perform.
But we...
I don't think it's a coincidence
that I've met you.
A shaman came here.
And that man,
he told me of traveling sisters
who help people who are like me.
But then you...
arrived here alone.
Well... I don't want
to pry into it, but...
Then leave it at that.
Hmm.
I just...
thought that...
I could maybe learn your ways
and that I...
Well, you see,
I've always felt sensitive
to the spiritual,
but I still want conviction,
certainty...
concrete proof of the afterlife.
If you are able to get proof...
then what'll you do?
Concrete proof,
with or without it.
For everyone, it's the same.
- We die.
- But you, despite all that...
It isn't... (chuckles softly)
...a hobby
or some game, Teiko.
You were
just sitting there, though.
I'm not doing this
because I want to.
I didn't... (gasping)
Really, forgive me.
But I still...
Can't I help with something?
Anything at all.
(mysterious music playing)
What about the teeth?
You aren't telling her?
There's no need
to frighten her even more.
But shouldn't she know?
Everything
will be finished tomorrow.
Then it's over.
I know you think I'm meddling,
but as your older sis...
Shh. We're closed for the day.
But you...
(music concludes)
Who the heck is this?
(upbeat music playing
over record player)
I know
what you're looking for
Your scared reflection
You haunt me
in broad daylight
With dreamlike vision
We're only strangers
In the dark
Across the veil
With wayward heart
Of fate and time
You've minded me
From my pain
Airi: Hey, hey.
I'm already done
with the work for the day.
(chuckles)
I can't help
But follow your lead
And I'll be damned
We're only strangers
in the dark
Across the vale
With wayward heart
Of fate and time
Pointless, these promised
Predictions impress you
Stuck in
The sad silhouette
Of your soul
Yeah
Uh
- (song playing faintly)
- Gunji: Hello.
- Sorry.
- No, I...
Um...
About how I acted...
We got off on the wrong foot.
(rock music playing)
Gunji: Well,
the first album's all right.
Not bad, but...
They were much better
as their original trio, I think.
Huh? You like their later stuff?
I mean I don't think
they really clicked
until Radio Activity came out.
Gunji: (laughs) You have
some weird tastes.
(laughs) That's you.
Uh...
My mom was out and about
the entire day.
What's up with her?
I told her that I wanted her
to research the house.
Otherwise
she'll just keep spying on me.
- (laughs)
- Sorry about that.
My mom's easily excited.
(moans) So?
I think it's time to fess up.
Why were you here last night?
What were you doing?
What was I doing?
(scoffs) I was at the hotel.
On a crazy hard mattress.
All thanks to you.
- Stop lying, Gunji. I saw you.
- (laughs)
You sure it was me?
And not the ghost?
Mm, I'm sure.
(laughs) Move... Move closer
for a better look.
Me and the ghost look alike?
- (growls)
- (chuckles)
- Not at all.
- What makes you so sure?
Because he's standing right
behind you at this moment.
Double check every detail
Clever disguise
Into demise
(laughs nervously)
- Not funny. (laughs)
- (flies buzzing)
Wouldn't it be wise of you
to call a taxi
- to take you home?
- My, my, my.
One more round first.
(groans)
(glasses clink)
Have you been to many other
one-taxi towns before this one?
Mm-hmm.
Taxi-less towns as well,
you know.
A traveling ghostbuster?
(laughs)
So true.
So, how is it, working
with ghosts and stuff?
There are ups and downs.
Similar to your job, I imagine.
I just manage some properties.
Nothing scary like what you do.
Hmm?
But ghosts
aren't particularly scary.
Huh? Uh.
Since they prove
life after death?
Airi: No.
The living scare me more
than the dead do.
Huh? Why's that?
I never know what it is
that they want from me.
You seem to spend all your time
with the dead.
Lonely way to live, isn't it?
I'm not as lonely
as you are, you know.
Young guy in the prime
of his career,
stuck in a single-taxi town,
living the dream. (chuckles)
You know
I don't live here, right?
- Just visit now and then.
- Why'd you come here?
You... don't remember?
We... got off
on the wrong foot yesterday.
And your conclusion?
Do you still think I'm a fraud?
Chug your drink and call a taxi.
(scoffs) This is my house, Airi.
Wasn't it you who said
you didn't live here?
(line ringing)
Today is Saturday, huh.
(telephone ringing)
Hello?
(man shrieking over phone)
(Airi groans)
(man shrieking over phone)
Is it him?
Or a pervert.
- I'm going to bed.
- (eerie music playing)
(birds chirping)
- (music concludes)
- (Miku breathes shakily)
I can't see.
I can't see.
They put something in the food.
- Morning, Miku.
- Miku: Airi, run away.
- Sis, wake up.
- They think that...
They say
that we're both witches, sis.
(ominous music playing)
Miku: Run away.
Airi.
- It's so dark.
- Airi: Sis.
- (sobbing)
- Wake up, Miku.
- (music concludes)
- It's okay now.
Miku, all that's in the past.
- Leave me alone!
- (dramatic music playing)
(music concludes)
(birds chirping)
- Morning.
- Oh.
Uh, good morning.
- Morning.
- Airi: How did it go?
(gasps) You won't believe it.
I don't doubt I'd make
one fine detective.
The previous owner
never actually got around
to restoring the hotel,
although they did use it
as a bed and breakfast
for a short time.
And then, according to law,
the owners are required
to keep a ledger
of all the guests.
- But when I found it...
- (suspenseful music playing)
(door creaks open)
Teiko: Something...
really horrible must have
happened here.
- Right? That's what it means.
- Taeko, it's all right.
Because it's in the past,
no need to worry.
Did you...
find something hidden here?
How to say this...
I think I know what he...
I mean, what the ghost wants.
I finally understand.
Really? You do?
So, I'll do my best
to finish the job today.
Ah. I'm not in a hurry
to kick you out,
so stay as long
as you like, okay?
Gunji won't mind either,
I think.
(eerie music playing)
(gasps)
Are you mad?
Sis, come on.
(sighs in exasperation)
(tense music playing)
(suspenseful music playing)
Who are you?
Airi 2: (in demonic voice)
I am...
no one.
Why do you stick around here?
You should just leave.
Airi 2: The one
who should leave is you.
I know
what you have been looking for.
Tell me why. Enlighten me.
Airi 2: Because I do not...
have my own.
Your own what?
A soul, see...
I am... not dead.
I get it.
Nobody wants
to acknowledge the fact
that they've died.
I'm going to return to you
what you want.
Once I do, then you'll realize.
Maybe there's no point
in staying here.
- (teeth rattling)
- Airi 2: Give it back!
Give it back! Give it back!
Give it back! Give it back!
Give it back! Give it back!
Give it back! Give it back!
Give it back! Give it back!
Give it back! Give it back!
(suspenseful music playing)
(music concludes)
- Airi 2: You cannot stop me.
- Airi 1: Shut up.
Airi 2: You should run away.
Just like you did back then.
Your older sister was poisoned,
was she not?
But all you did...
was run away.
- How did you... (pants)
- (tense music playing)
(grunts, chokes)
(Airi 2 choking)
(grunts)
(groans)
(grunts)
(chokes)
- (music stops abruptly)
- (gasps, pants)
(sobs)
(sniffles)
(flies buzzing)
(shudders)
Teiko?
(birds chirping)
(mysterious music playing)
(music concludes)
Excuse me,
but the door was open,
so I just let myself in.
Are you the new owner here
by any chance?
Uh, no.
Suzuki: Ah, so then,
are you a tenant?
I was too back in the day.
Apologies for the intrusion.
I'm Suzuki.
- So, you used to live here?
- Yes, quite some time ago.
But isn't this a funny place
for a church?
The original owners tried
to use it as a chapel
for wedding ceremonies.
As you can see,
not many takers on the offer.
It personally suits
my fancy, you know,
though I'm not Christian
or religious at all.
Anyway, there's a new owner
here, right?
Yes.
Do you know if they plan
to renovate or not?
- (eerie music playing)
- Ah. Sorry for being nosy.
Uh, I just wanted to see
the interior one last time
before they gutted it all.
I'm sorry. I don't know.
My apologies for asking,
so out of the blue.
Pretty peaceful here, isn't it?
Ah, I'll be on my way now.
Wanna hear the strangest thing?
I used to use this place
as my base
on business trips.
Such a long time ago.
I was younger
than you are now. (chuckles)
It was only for a few months.
But I can't seem to forget
the memories from back then.
(laughs) Recently, I even see it
in my dreams.
To tell the truth,
I'm on the road
once again for business.
I wonder
if the new owner here would rent
that room to me again?
Like the old days.
- (crows cawing)
- Airi: I, uh...
Oh, sorry.
I bet you're currently renting
the room I used to be in now.
(laughs) My big mouth
shooting off again.
Do you think
I could pop in real quick?
- Since I've come all this way?
- (gasps)
- Mm.
- Mm. I understand.
A meddlesome, total stranger,
and it's not
even your own house.
When's the owner back?
Do you not know when?
No way. Are you all alone?
I... I'm not here alone.
Maybe some other time, then.
Apologies again for intruding.
Enjoy your stay here.
I made countless
wonderful memories
while I was here.
I'm almost certain you will too.
Ah, time to go.
(eerie music playing)
- So long.
- (music concludes)
Not that way.
Suzuki:
There's a back road this way.
No need to worry.
I know it well.
(eerie music playing)
(tense music playing)
- (breathes heavily) Impossible.
- To be dead and alive at once?
- Is that so? Because before...
- Be quiet!
You remember
the white-eyed girl, right?
- I told you to shut up!
- (music continues)
Back when I was poisoned,
I looked in the mirror
and finally knew
that the ghost
always following us
- as children was me.
- (sobs)
My spirit drifted back in time
to be with you.
The strength of my anger
and sorrow was enough.
That man might be the same way.
You have to do something.
(sobs) I am.
He's already told me to run.
There's a flesh
and blood monster out there.
You must stop him.
My job is to deal
with dead people.
And? Did you finish that job?
You can't just leave things
as they are.
Definitely not, damn it.
- Leave me alone.
- (echoing) Make me!
- (shudders)
- (music concludes)
Knock it off! Enough, sis!
(objects thudding)
(piano playing)
(music stops abruptly)
(sighs)
(suspenseful music playing)
(screams)
- (shudders, sobs)
- (somber music playing)
Miku: You know I can't stop him.
But, Airi, you can.
(sobs)
(screams)
(screams)
(sobs)
(screams)
(screams)
(screams)
(screams)
(sobs)
(music rises)
(screams)
Airi. Airi. Are you okay?
(music concludes)
(gasps)
The police.
I'm Prefectural Officer
Jun Inokoshi.
Is there anyone else home
with you?
No one.
We received a report, you see,
that there was
suspicious activity here.
You'll have to let me in
to look around, miss.
(door closes)
Excuse me, but you are...?
I'm a... a guest.
This here. Did you do this?
No.
Look here.
- If this is a prank, then...
- It's not, sir.
I was about to call the police,
but then
you had already arrived here.
Then you're the one
who made the report, huh?
That's not it.
You arrived here
before I was even able
to call you.
These were in the wall.
Is this the reason
you made a report?
No.
There was a man who came here.
Huh?
- A man came here?
- Hmm.
And?
I think he probably came here
looking for them
so that nobody else
would find them.
What gave you that idea?
Maybe he was the one
who called you.
He said many years ago
he used to live here.
Maybe you know him
by some chance.
Quite a revolting hobby
to have indeed.
Do you happen to have a baggie?
I'm sorry, sir.
What exactly did the caller say
in his report?
It's obviously a prank.
If I came to this house,
then I'd find four bodies
in the vicinity.
(suspenseful music playing)
Inokoshi: Oh, Miss Nakazawa.
Why are they here too?
It's natural to confirm with
and alert the owner, no?
(birds chirping)
Inokoshi: Happens pretty often,
finding weird stuff
in old houses, you know?
Even in the last newspaper.
I read an article
where there were
12 mummified cats
inside the walls.
Hey, wait a second! (pants)
- Inokoshi: Who is that person?
- Gunji: It's a long story.
(chuckles)
Teiko: Wait, Airi, talk to me.
What's happening?
The ghost that you saw
is the disembodied soul
of a man
who hasn't even died yet.
- Simple as that.
- But...
The only thing I can do is...
(inhales deeply)
...guide any lost spirits
and souls to the next world
so that they can rest in peace.
But a powerfully gifted spirit
may find a way
to drift in the wrong direction
and become stuck in the present.
- (sobs)
- (eerie music playing)
Airi: Sorry I couldn't help you.
Teiko, move out
of the house quickly.
Whatever is going to happen
to him will occur here.
Teiko: (pants) You're leaving?
(car engine starts)
(Suzuki groans)
Somebody please help me.
(suspenseful music playing)
(flies buzzing)
What happened?
Suzuki: An accident.
Right here?
- Suzuki: Help me.
- Uh...
(grunts)
Aren't you...
Who would mourn you
if you were to die here?
(chokes)
(inhales shakily)
- (eerie music playing)
- (breathes shakily)
(car engine starts)
(suspenseful music playing)
No good? (pants)
I'll try upstairs.
If this one's out,
then they all are.
- (Teiko pants)
- Gunji: It's no use.
We'll walk.
Flashlight, flashlight.
(pants)
- (music concludes)
- Ah, what is it?
Stay right here.
(door creaks open)
(shudders)
(screams, pants)
Mom? Airi? Let's go! (gasps)
- Coming.
- Gunji: Wait!
- What's wrong?
- Ju... Just wait.
There are two women around.
Where?
I'm by myself.
Call them both here.
They won't come even if I do.
Hmm. But then you'll be dead.
That's too bad.
Gunji: You have me.
So, just let them go.
Your secret's safe.
Just walk away.
What would you exchange
for them?
Your soul seems
like a fair trade,
doesn't it, in exchange
for their lives?
My soul?
You know, the Assyrians believed
that the soul lived
inside the teeth.
Maybe it was the Egyptians.
Well, anyway,
I'll let the women go.
In exchange
for your very soul, that is.
Give me your teeth.
Teeth?
(thudding loudly)
Or all three of you die.
(shudders)
- Pull them out.
- (sobs)
(screams)
(gasps)
(grunts, pants)
There's one down, 31 more to go.
(shudders)
(sobs)
Better to start
with the front teeth.
The roots are more shallow.
Suit yourself.
(sobs)
(upbeat music playing
over record player)
- (Suzuki grunts)
- (grunts)
Your sacred reflection
You haunt me
In broad daylight
Gunji.
With dreamlike vision
(eerie music playing)
(pants)
(shudders)
(song continues)
You've minded me
From my pain
- (gunshots)
- (mirror shattering)
I can't help
but follow your lead
And I'll be damned
We're only strangers
in the night
(objects clattering)
Hey, we meet again.
Go sit over by the pillar.
Move it.
(music stops)
(handcuffs clanging)
Where's the other one?
You won't...
be leaving this house alive.
Are you threatening me?
I can usually read
people pretty well,
but you're
a tougher nut to crack, huh?
(grunts)
Like me, you're a traveler.
You're scared of people.
Your older sister,
how heartbreaking.
You keep blaming yourself.
You see a lot, don't you?
What about your own then, huh?
Haven't you seen it?
No one can see their own death.
Sure.
Well, look forward to it then.
- (scoffs)
- (door shuts)
(Airi grunts)
This sucks.
What do we do? What should we...
Just be quiet, Miku. (grunts)
You'd slip through
if you were a ghost.
(shudders)
Airi: I am a ghost.
I feel no pain.
(inhales deeply) No pain.
(grunts)
(sobs)
(suspenseful music playing)
Gunji, don't. (gasps)
- (Gunji grunts)
- (gasps)
- (suspenseful music playing)
- (Gunji grunts)
(eerie music playing)
Huh?
(music concludes)
- (dramatic music playing)
- (Teiko gasps)
(tense music playing)
And Gunji?
I couldn't do anything. (sobs)
I have to protect my son.
He did what he did
to protect you.
(sobs) But if I end up
losing him, then I...
- (doorknob rattling)
- (shudders)
- (music concludes)
- (door creaks open)
(scratching)
What are you?
- (pants)
- (tense music playing)
(grunts) You go first.
- You want this?
- (eerie music playing)
(music concludes)
(grunts)
(pants)
(grunts)
Hurry up, jump. (shudders)
(suspenseful music playing)
(pants)
(shudders)
(chokes)
(pants)
You okay?
(sniffles) Mm-hmm.
What's the plan, sis?
Hey, Airi.
We'll get help.
From who?
- Oh.
- (music concludes)
Bring him in.
Miku: Ten more seconds.
- (grunts)
- (grunts)
(tense music playing)
- (strains)
- (strains)
- (grunts)
- (grunts)
- (unsettling music playing)
- (pants)
(grunts)
(groans)
(screams)
- (gasps)
- (music continues)
(grunts)
(pants)
(music concludes)
(suspenseful music playing)
- (music stops abruptly)
- (screams)
(eerie music playing)
(breathes sharply)
(pants)
What did you do?
You have been sent
beyond the veil tonight.
Put me back now.
Then...
hand over your trophies to me.
(teeth rattling)
- (tense music playing)
- (grunts)
(screams)
(grunts)
(screams)
(chokes)
(groans)
(groans, pants)
(grunts, screams)
(chokes)
(groans)
(chokes, gasps)
(eerie music playing)
- (screams)
- (music stops abruptly)
- (grunts, pants)
- (Suzuki groans)
(breathes shakily)
(sobs)
You there, sis?
I'm so scared. (sobs)
Miku: I'm here.
I'm always right here.
- Airi.
- (suspenseful music playing)
You'll be okay.
(cries, chuckles)
It's okay now, sis.
(cries)
(music concludes)
(wind whooshing)
(unsettling music playing)
(upbeat music playing)
Uh...
(vocalizing)
Uh...
(vocalizing)
Yeah
(vocalizing)
(serene music playing)
What's left
Of the both of us?
A sorry semblance
A flicker, a double...
Unsullied
History
- (music concludes)
- (eerie music playing)
(music concludes)
(upbeat music playing)
(music concludes)
(ominous music playing)
(Miku sighs)
Hey, I'm getting carsick.
You're breaking way too hard.
Mom does that.
How about you drive, then?
- (groans)
- Airi: If you're not able to,
keep quiet.
You suck.
(engine revs)
(dark music playing)
(music concludes)
- (crow cawing)
- (birds chirping)
Well?
- Mm... very huge.
- Not that.
Doesn't something feel off?
- We should have stayed home.
- (laughs) What home?
You behave yourself.
It's work after all.
(car door shuts)
Hello, I'm Gunji Nakazawa.
- Mom's out shopping.
- Oh, ah. Mm-hmm.
Aren't there two of you?
Uh, I'm alone. Mm-hmm.
- Oh, y... your luggage.
- Airi: That's okay, I got it.
Well, I'll make tea.
(Airi groans)
(grunts)
He's your type, huh?
Um... (clears throat)
I don't really...
believe in this stuff.
But my mom's not doing too well.
She... somehow thinks
you can help us do something.
So... yeah.
We'd be in your debt.
But for now,
I think it'd be nice
if you showed her there's
nothing scary in this house.
- Yes, that's my job after all.
- (door opens)
(squeals)
I'm so glad you're here!
(squeals, giggles)
I'm Teiko.
Though I thought
there were two of you.
- She's alone.
- Oh.
It's an honor to finally meet.
Airi, right?
There should be plenty
of food for your stay.
But if you need more, ask, okay?
Around here, there's not
a restaurant for miles.
Ah, has she seen the house?
We were waiting for you, Mom.
Put the luggage away.
The two of us
can take it from here.
All right?
Where should we start?
Show me where you saw that man.
We'll start there.
(bird screeching)
Teiko: We rent out
a few different places.
Bought this one at an auction.
Originally, I heard
it was a hotel.
After that, I was told
an old couple
used to live here.
- Now, I'm here by myself.
- (dark music playing)
It's unoccupied,
so I keep thinking
I'll fix it up at some point.
But it's a lot
to take on by oneself.
That clock...
Only tells the time...
when it feels like it.
Down there...
that door...
always opens on its own.
(eerie music playing)
(light clicks on)
(music concludes)
Teiko: I was here making tea.
I set the cup down,
and when I looked up...
I saw him.
There.
(screams) I dropped my teacup.
It sucked.
It was my favorite one.
After that, I ran over
to where Gunji was at.
That day, he happened to be here
with me in the house.
Gunji: I didn't see anything.
That boy.
He thinks I've completely lost
my mind, you know? Right?
Gunji: No, I just said
I didn't see it.
I even waited
until twelve o'clock too.
- Like you said, didn't I?
- Yeah.
I noticed recently,
he tends to appear
at the twelve o'clock hour.
- At noon or midnight?
- At both.
But someone gave up
after just one day.
The phone rang, remember?
Sometimes he calls
the phone line.
You don't know it's him calling.
Who else would it be?
What kind of face did he have?
After my husband died,
I took up painting.
They say it helps calm you.
That's not the case anymore.
Here.
- (mysterious music playing)
- Ah... the lights.
(eerie music playing)
- (music concludes)
- Airi: If you die clinging
tightly to things of this world,
your soul becomes unable
to move on.
Your soul stays behind
without its body?
Mm-hmm. You become stuck
in a loop, like Sisyphus.
Sisyphus?
Trapped in some kind of space
or moment in time.
My job entails helping
those kinds of souls
to break free,
to become unstuck from there,
so they can go
to the next world.
I see.
- "The next world," huh?
- So now, what will you do?
I'll be closely following
all of your behaviors
in order to experience
the things that you did.
- You're moving in?
- (crow cawing)
And then, how do you...
- get rid of him?
- (birds calling)
Between this world and the next,
there's a veil, you see?
It's quite thin.
I'll pierce the veil
and then commune with them.
- (chuckling) Hold on.
- A veil?
So, you go in
and take them down from there?
I use a method from my mother
and her mother before her.
I can't wait.
Uh... My apologies,
but for the ritual,
I must ask you
to leave the premises.
Huh?
It's too risky.
Oh.
Hey, we're paying
good money for this.
(scoffs) We're gonna watch.
I'm really sorry about this,
but it's not a show
for entertainment.
There's nothing worth
seeing anyway, so...
Ah, also, before I begin,
I require the deposit, please.
(ominous music playing)
Please, make yourself at home.
The hotel phone number.
Call as soon
as something happens.
- (car door opens, closes)
- (car engine starts)
(music concludes)
(floorboard creaking)
(whimsical music playing
over record player)
(gasps)
You there, sis?
Was that you, Miku?
Sorry.
I couldn't resist.
This place is funny, isn't it?
But creepy too.
- Hmm.
- Hey, hey. How's the young man?
- Handsome?
- Oh, stop it.
Airi, it's better for you
to spend time with the living,
not just with the dead.
You're one to be talking, huh?
(phone ringing)
Gunji: (over phone) Um, hello?
Yes.
Gunji: (over phone) It's Gunji.
Uh.
Gunji: (over phone) I forgot
to tell you something.
(clears throat)
We took an inventory
of everything in the house.
If anything goes missing,
we'll know right away. Bye.
(line disconnects)
He's a nice guy.
- (music concludes)
- (birds chirping)
(clock pendulum creaking)
Hmm.
(eerie music playing)
(clock pendulum stops)
(foreboding music playing)
(music concludes)
(floorboard creaking)
- (suspenseful music playing)
- (scratching)
(scratching stops)
(eerie music playing)
(music concludes)
(eerie music playing)
(unsettling music playing)
- (crow cawing)
- (birds chirping)
- (door creaks open)
- (music concludes)
Teiko: (over phone) You saw him?
Really?
Airi: Yes. Just as you said.
Teiko: (over phone) I knew it!
I'll make contact tomorrow
while the sun is out.
Teiko: (over phone) Not tonight?
I never work at night.
The veil becomes too thin.
It gives them a lot more power.
Teiko: (over phone, sighs)
The veil, huh?
Airi: But I wanted you
to know...
Teiko: (over phone)
That I'm not crazy.
Right?
(crickets chirping)
- Airi: That's correct.
- (ominous music playing)
(moans softly)
OSAKA
Oita? Too far.
(suspenseful music playing)
- Tochigi?
- Much closer.
But first, we have
to finish up here.
It won't take long.
Once we figure out
what he wants,
- the rest is a piece of cake.
- Miku: Hmm.
What's up?
Like you didn't notice?
This spirit is...
different somehow.
- He's not normal.
- He is too normal.
Just a dead guy.
(Miku gasps, shudders)
(eerie music playing)
What's wrong?
Did you see something?
It's similar to when I died.
I feel...
like something terrible
will happen.
There was the wide-eyed ghost...
that followed us
around non-stop.
- Remember?
- I forgot.
Miku: Don't lie.
You were so afraid then.
When you were scared.
"Hold me, please!"
You would always say that.
(sighs sharply)
I'll always be right beside you.
I'm saying this
because I'm worried about you.
Could you stop treating me
like the baby?
I'm the one who's older now.
(gasps) But I'm the one...
Sorry.
- (telephone ringing)
- (gasps)
Hello?
Gunji?
- (man straining over phone)
- (Airi inhales sharply)
If that's all,
I'm hanging up, okay?
(man continues to shriek
over phone)
Airi: Yep. Got it.
Bye bye now.
(clattering in distance)
(wind howling)
(door slams)
- (gasps)
- (Gunji pants)
(suspenseful music playing)
- (music stops abruptly)
- (gasps)
(birds chirping)
(suspenseful music playing)
(music concludes)
Stay out of it this time, sis.
Got it. I'll be quiet.
No, I don't mean it like that.
Then what?
I'll do it
by myself without help.
Don't distract me.
Last chance to walk away.
If I do, then what?
I'm alive, so I have to live.
Unlike you.
Okay.
But promise me this.
See it through to the end.
Promise me, Airi.
Be quiet, please.
(mysterious music playing)
(suspenseful music playing)
- (wind whooshing)
- (music concludes)
- (footsteps thudding)
- (eerie music playing)
(scratching)
(man grunting)
(scratching)
Airi: It's no use.
What are you looking for?
Perhaps I can help you.
(music concludes)
(door clicks open)
(doors creak open)
(door creaks shut)
(tense music playing)
- (music stops abruptly)
- (gasps, breathes heavily)
- (birds chirping)
- (ominous music playing)
(sighs)
(music concludes)
Miku: What's inside?
- Airi: Wanna guess?
- (objects rattling)
Ew.
(suspenseful music playing)
(music stops abruptly)
(foreboding music playing)
(birds chirping)
(crow cawing)
(flies buzzing)
(window thudding)
(eerie music playing)
(suspenseful music playing)
(door shuts)
(objects clattering)
Airi: Who's there?
- Sorry, Airi.
- (music continues)
Teiko: You must think
I'm an absolute idiot.
(music concludes)
Teiko: It's just...
I couldn't resist.
I wanted to watch you work.
Uh, but I really
didn't see much.
What can I say?
Y... You lit a candle
and just sat for hours on end.
- Miss Nakazawa.
- Teiko is fine.
Teiko, then.
I cannot allow you to take part
in the ritual I perform.
But we...
I don't think it's a coincidence
that I've met you.
A shaman came here.
And that man,
he told me of traveling sisters
who help people who are like me.
But then you...
arrived here alone.
Well... I don't want
to pry into it, but...
Then leave it at that.
Hmm.
I just...
thought that...
I could maybe learn your ways
and that I...
Well, you see,
I've always felt sensitive
to the spiritual,
but I still want conviction,
certainty...
concrete proof of the afterlife.
If you are able to get proof...
then what'll you do?
Concrete proof,
with or without it.
For everyone, it's the same.
- We die.
- But you, despite all that...
It isn't... (chuckles softly)
...a hobby
or some game, Teiko.
You were
just sitting there, though.
I'm not doing this
because I want to.
I didn't... (gasping)
Really, forgive me.
But I still...
Can't I help with something?
Anything at all.
(mysterious music playing)
What about the teeth?
You aren't telling her?
There's no need
to frighten her even more.
But shouldn't she know?
Everything
will be finished tomorrow.
Then it's over.
I know you think I'm meddling,
but as your older sis...
Shh. We're closed for the day.
But you...
(music concludes)
Who the heck is this?
(upbeat music playing
over record player)
I know
what you're looking for
Your scared reflection
You haunt me
in broad daylight
With dreamlike vision
We're only strangers
In the dark
Across the veil
With wayward heart
Of fate and time
You've minded me
From my pain
Airi: Hey, hey.
I'm already done
with the work for the day.
(chuckles)
I can't help
But follow your lead
And I'll be damned
We're only strangers
in the dark
Across the vale
With wayward heart
Of fate and time
Pointless, these promised
Predictions impress you
Stuck in
The sad silhouette
Of your soul
Yeah
Uh
- (song playing faintly)
- Gunji: Hello.
- Sorry.
- No, I...
Um...
About how I acted...
We got off on the wrong foot.
(rock music playing)
Gunji: Well,
the first album's all right.
Not bad, but...
They were much better
as their original trio, I think.
Huh? You like their later stuff?
I mean I don't think
they really clicked
until Radio Activity came out.
Gunji: (laughs) You have
some weird tastes.
(laughs) That's you.
Uh...
My mom was out and about
the entire day.
What's up with her?
I told her that I wanted her
to research the house.
Otherwise
she'll just keep spying on me.
- (laughs)
- Sorry about that.
My mom's easily excited.
(moans) So?
I think it's time to fess up.
Why were you here last night?
What were you doing?
What was I doing?
(scoffs) I was at the hotel.
On a crazy hard mattress.
All thanks to you.
- Stop lying, Gunji. I saw you.
- (laughs)
You sure it was me?
And not the ghost?
Mm, I'm sure.
(laughs) Move... Move closer
for a better look.
Me and the ghost look alike?
- (growls)
- (chuckles)
- Not at all.
- What makes you so sure?
Because he's standing right
behind you at this moment.
Double check every detail
Clever disguise
Into demise
(laughs nervously)
- Not funny. (laughs)
- (flies buzzing)
Wouldn't it be wise of you
to call a taxi
- to take you home?
- My, my, my.
One more round first.
(groans)
(glasses clink)
Have you been to many other
one-taxi towns before this one?
Mm-hmm.
Taxi-less towns as well,
you know.
A traveling ghostbuster?
(laughs)
So true.
So, how is it, working
with ghosts and stuff?
There are ups and downs.
Similar to your job, I imagine.
I just manage some properties.
Nothing scary like what you do.
Hmm?
But ghosts
aren't particularly scary.
Huh? Uh.
Since they prove
life after death?
Airi: No.
The living scare me more
than the dead do.
Huh? Why's that?
I never know what it is
that they want from me.
You seem to spend all your time
with the dead.
Lonely way to live, isn't it?
I'm not as lonely
as you are, you know.
Young guy in the prime
of his career,
stuck in a single-taxi town,
living the dream. (chuckles)
You know
I don't live here, right?
- Just visit now and then.
- Why'd you come here?
You... don't remember?
We... got off
on the wrong foot yesterday.
And your conclusion?
Do you still think I'm a fraud?
Chug your drink and call a taxi.
(scoffs) This is my house, Airi.
Wasn't it you who said
you didn't live here?
(line ringing)
Today is Saturday, huh.
(telephone ringing)
Hello?
(man shrieking over phone)
(Airi groans)
(man shrieking over phone)
Is it him?
Or a pervert.
- I'm going to bed.
- (eerie music playing)
(birds chirping)
- (music concludes)
- (Miku breathes shakily)
I can't see.
I can't see.
They put something in the food.
- Morning, Miku.
- Miku: Airi, run away.
- Sis, wake up.
- They think that...
They say
that we're both witches, sis.
(ominous music playing)
Miku: Run away.
Airi.
- It's so dark.
- Airi: Sis.
- (sobbing)
- Wake up, Miku.
- (music concludes)
- It's okay now.
Miku, all that's in the past.
- Leave me alone!
- (dramatic music playing)
(music concludes)
(birds chirping)
- Morning.
- Oh.
Uh, good morning.
- Morning.
- Airi: How did it go?
(gasps) You won't believe it.
I don't doubt I'd make
one fine detective.
The previous owner
never actually got around
to restoring the hotel,
although they did use it
as a bed and breakfast
for a short time.
And then, according to law,
the owners are required
to keep a ledger
of all the guests.
- But when I found it...
- (suspenseful music playing)
(door creaks open)
Teiko: Something...
really horrible must have
happened here.
- Right? That's what it means.
- Taeko, it's all right.
Because it's in the past,
no need to worry.
Did you...
find something hidden here?
How to say this...
I think I know what he...
I mean, what the ghost wants.
I finally understand.
Really? You do?
So, I'll do my best
to finish the job today.
Ah. I'm not in a hurry
to kick you out,
so stay as long
as you like, okay?
Gunji won't mind either,
I think.
(eerie music playing)
(gasps)
Are you mad?
Sis, come on.
(sighs in exasperation)
(tense music playing)
(suspenseful music playing)
Who are you?
Airi 2: (in demonic voice)
I am...
no one.
Why do you stick around here?
You should just leave.
Airi 2: The one
who should leave is you.
I know
what you have been looking for.
Tell me why. Enlighten me.
Airi 2: Because I do not...
have my own.
Your own what?
A soul, see...
I am... not dead.
I get it.
Nobody wants
to acknowledge the fact
that they've died.
I'm going to return to you
what you want.
Once I do, then you'll realize.
Maybe there's no point
in staying here.
- (teeth rattling)
- Airi 2: Give it back!
Give it back! Give it back!
Give it back! Give it back!
Give it back! Give it back!
Give it back! Give it back!
Give it back! Give it back!
Give it back! Give it back!
(suspenseful music playing)
(music concludes)
- Airi 2: You cannot stop me.
- Airi 1: Shut up.
Airi 2: You should run away.
Just like you did back then.
Your older sister was poisoned,
was she not?
But all you did...
was run away.
- How did you... (pants)
- (tense music playing)
(grunts, chokes)
(Airi 2 choking)
(grunts)
(groans)
(grunts)
(chokes)
- (music stops abruptly)
- (gasps, pants)
(sobs)
(sniffles)
(flies buzzing)
(shudders)
Teiko?
(birds chirping)
(mysterious music playing)
(music concludes)
Excuse me,
but the door was open,
so I just let myself in.
Are you the new owner here
by any chance?
Uh, no.
Suzuki: Ah, so then,
are you a tenant?
I was too back in the day.
Apologies for the intrusion.
I'm Suzuki.
- So, you used to live here?
- Yes, quite some time ago.
But isn't this a funny place
for a church?
The original owners tried
to use it as a chapel
for wedding ceremonies.
As you can see,
not many takers on the offer.
It personally suits
my fancy, you know,
though I'm not Christian
or religious at all.
Anyway, there's a new owner
here, right?
Yes.
Do you know if they plan
to renovate or not?
- (eerie music playing)
- Ah. Sorry for being nosy.
Uh, I just wanted to see
the interior one last time
before they gutted it all.
I'm sorry. I don't know.
My apologies for asking,
so out of the blue.
Pretty peaceful here, isn't it?
Ah, I'll be on my way now.
Wanna hear the strangest thing?
I used to use this place
as my base
on business trips.
Such a long time ago.
I was younger
than you are now. (chuckles)
It was only for a few months.
But I can't seem to forget
the memories from back then.
(laughs) Recently, I even see it
in my dreams.
To tell the truth,
I'm on the road
once again for business.
I wonder
if the new owner here would rent
that room to me again?
Like the old days.
- (crows cawing)
- Airi: I, uh...
Oh, sorry.
I bet you're currently renting
the room I used to be in now.
(laughs) My big mouth
shooting off again.
Do you think
I could pop in real quick?
- Since I've come all this way?
- (gasps)
- Mm.
- Mm. I understand.
A meddlesome, total stranger,
and it's not
even your own house.
When's the owner back?
Do you not know when?
No way. Are you all alone?
I... I'm not here alone.
Maybe some other time, then.
Apologies again for intruding.
Enjoy your stay here.
I made countless
wonderful memories
while I was here.
I'm almost certain you will too.
Ah, time to go.
(eerie music playing)
- So long.
- (music concludes)
Not that way.
Suzuki:
There's a back road this way.
No need to worry.
I know it well.
(eerie music playing)
(tense music playing)
- (breathes heavily) Impossible.
- To be dead and alive at once?
- Is that so? Because before...
- Be quiet!
You remember
the white-eyed girl, right?
- I told you to shut up!
- (music continues)
Back when I was poisoned,
I looked in the mirror
and finally knew
that the ghost
always following us
- as children was me.
- (sobs)
My spirit drifted back in time
to be with you.
The strength of my anger
and sorrow was enough.
That man might be the same way.
You have to do something.
(sobs) I am.
He's already told me to run.
There's a flesh
and blood monster out there.
You must stop him.
My job is to deal
with dead people.
And? Did you finish that job?
You can't just leave things
as they are.
Definitely not, damn it.
- Leave me alone.
- (echoing) Make me!
- (shudders)
- (music concludes)
Knock it off! Enough, sis!
(objects thudding)
(piano playing)
(music stops abruptly)
(sighs)
(suspenseful music playing)
(screams)
- (shudders, sobs)
- (somber music playing)
Miku: You know I can't stop him.
But, Airi, you can.
(sobs)
(screams)
(screams)
(sobs)
(screams)
(screams)
(screams)
(screams)
(sobs)
(music rises)
(screams)
Airi. Airi. Are you okay?
(music concludes)
(gasps)
The police.
I'm Prefectural Officer
Jun Inokoshi.
Is there anyone else home
with you?
No one.
We received a report, you see,
that there was
suspicious activity here.
You'll have to let me in
to look around, miss.
(door closes)
Excuse me, but you are...?
I'm a... a guest.
This here. Did you do this?
No.
Look here.
- If this is a prank, then...
- It's not, sir.
I was about to call the police,
but then
you had already arrived here.
Then you're the one
who made the report, huh?
That's not it.
You arrived here
before I was even able
to call you.
These were in the wall.
Is this the reason
you made a report?
No.
There was a man who came here.
Huh?
- A man came here?
- Hmm.
And?
I think he probably came here
looking for them
so that nobody else
would find them.
What gave you that idea?
Maybe he was the one
who called you.
He said many years ago
he used to live here.
Maybe you know him
by some chance.
Quite a revolting hobby
to have indeed.
Do you happen to have a baggie?
I'm sorry, sir.
What exactly did the caller say
in his report?
It's obviously a prank.
If I came to this house,
then I'd find four bodies
in the vicinity.
(suspenseful music playing)
Inokoshi: Oh, Miss Nakazawa.
Why are they here too?
It's natural to confirm with
and alert the owner, no?
(birds chirping)
Inokoshi: Happens pretty often,
finding weird stuff
in old houses, you know?
Even in the last newspaper.
I read an article
where there were
12 mummified cats
inside the walls.
Hey, wait a second! (pants)
- Inokoshi: Who is that person?
- Gunji: It's a long story.
(chuckles)
Teiko: Wait, Airi, talk to me.
What's happening?
The ghost that you saw
is the disembodied soul
of a man
who hasn't even died yet.
- Simple as that.
- But...
The only thing I can do is...
(inhales deeply)
...guide any lost spirits
and souls to the next world
so that they can rest in peace.
But a powerfully gifted spirit
may find a way
to drift in the wrong direction
and become stuck in the present.
- (sobs)
- (eerie music playing)
Airi: Sorry I couldn't help you.
Teiko, move out
of the house quickly.
Whatever is going to happen
to him will occur here.
Teiko: (pants) You're leaving?
(car engine starts)
(Suzuki groans)
Somebody please help me.
(suspenseful music playing)
(flies buzzing)
What happened?
Suzuki: An accident.
Right here?
- Suzuki: Help me.
- Uh...
(grunts)
Aren't you...
Who would mourn you
if you were to die here?
(chokes)
(inhales shakily)
- (eerie music playing)
- (breathes shakily)
(car engine starts)
(suspenseful music playing)
No good? (pants)
I'll try upstairs.
If this one's out,
then they all are.
- (Teiko pants)
- Gunji: It's no use.
We'll walk.
Flashlight, flashlight.
(pants)
- (music concludes)
- Ah, what is it?
Stay right here.
(door creaks open)
(shudders)
(screams, pants)
Mom? Airi? Let's go! (gasps)
- Coming.
- Gunji: Wait!
- What's wrong?
- Ju... Just wait.
There are two women around.
Where?
I'm by myself.
Call them both here.
They won't come even if I do.
Hmm. But then you'll be dead.
That's too bad.
Gunji: You have me.
So, just let them go.
Your secret's safe.
Just walk away.
What would you exchange
for them?
Your soul seems
like a fair trade,
doesn't it, in exchange
for their lives?
My soul?
You know, the Assyrians believed
that the soul lived
inside the teeth.
Maybe it was the Egyptians.
Well, anyway,
I'll let the women go.
In exchange
for your very soul, that is.
Give me your teeth.
Teeth?
(thudding loudly)
Or all three of you die.
(shudders)
- Pull them out.
- (sobs)
(screams)
(gasps)
(grunts, pants)
There's one down, 31 more to go.
(shudders)
(sobs)
Better to start
with the front teeth.
The roots are more shallow.
Suit yourself.
(sobs)
(upbeat music playing
over record player)
- (Suzuki grunts)
- (grunts)
Your sacred reflection
You haunt me
In broad daylight
Gunji.
With dreamlike vision
(eerie music playing)
(pants)
(shudders)
(song continues)
You've minded me
From my pain
- (gunshots)
- (mirror shattering)
I can't help
but follow your lead
And I'll be damned
We're only strangers
in the night
(objects clattering)
Hey, we meet again.
Go sit over by the pillar.
Move it.
(music stops)
(handcuffs clanging)
Where's the other one?
You won't...
be leaving this house alive.
Are you threatening me?
I can usually read
people pretty well,
but you're
a tougher nut to crack, huh?
(grunts)
Like me, you're a traveler.
You're scared of people.
Your older sister,
how heartbreaking.
You keep blaming yourself.
You see a lot, don't you?
What about your own then, huh?
Haven't you seen it?
No one can see their own death.
Sure.
Well, look forward to it then.
- (scoffs)
- (door shuts)
(Airi grunts)
This sucks.
What do we do? What should we...
Just be quiet, Miku. (grunts)
You'd slip through
if you were a ghost.
(shudders)
Airi: I am a ghost.
I feel no pain.
(inhales deeply) No pain.
(grunts)
(sobs)
(suspenseful music playing)
Gunji, don't. (gasps)
- (Gunji grunts)
- (gasps)
- (suspenseful music playing)
- (Gunji grunts)
(eerie music playing)
Huh?
(music concludes)
- (dramatic music playing)
- (Teiko gasps)
(tense music playing)
And Gunji?
I couldn't do anything. (sobs)
I have to protect my son.
He did what he did
to protect you.
(sobs) But if I end up
losing him, then I...
- (doorknob rattling)
- (shudders)
- (music concludes)
- (door creaks open)
(scratching)
What are you?
- (pants)
- (tense music playing)
(grunts) You go first.
- You want this?
- (eerie music playing)
(music concludes)
(grunts)
(pants)
(grunts)
Hurry up, jump. (shudders)
(suspenseful music playing)
(pants)
(shudders)
(chokes)
(pants)
You okay?
(sniffles) Mm-hmm.
What's the plan, sis?
Hey, Airi.
We'll get help.
From who?
- Oh.
- (music concludes)
Bring him in.
Miku: Ten more seconds.
- (grunts)
- (grunts)
(tense music playing)
- (strains)
- (strains)
- (grunts)
- (grunts)
- (unsettling music playing)
- (pants)
(grunts)
(groans)
(screams)
- (gasps)
- (music continues)
(grunts)
(pants)
(music concludes)
(suspenseful music playing)
- (music stops abruptly)
- (screams)
(eerie music playing)
(breathes sharply)
(pants)
What did you do?
You have been sent
beyond the veil tonight.
Put me back now.
Then...
hand over your trophies to me.
(teeth rattling)
- (tense music playing)
- (grunts)
(screams)
(grunts)
(screams)
(chokes)
(groans)
(groans, pants)
(grunts, screams)
(chokes)
(groans)
(chokes, gasps)
(eerie music playing)
- (screams)
- (music stops abruptly)
- (grunts, pants)
- (Suzuki groans)
(breathes shakily)
(sobs)
You there, sis?
I'm so scared. (sobs)
Miku: I'm here.
I'm always right here.
- Airi.
- (suspenseful music playing)
You'll be okay.
(cries, chuckles)
It's okay now, sis.
(cries)
(music concludes)
(wind whooshing)
(unsettling music playing)
(upbeat music playing)
Uh...
(vocalizing)
Uh...
(vocalizing)
Yeah
(vocalizing)
(serene music playing)
What's left
Of the both of us?
A sorry semblance
A flicker, a double...
Unsullied
History
- (music concludes)
- (eerie music playing)
(music concludes)