The Wish

Empty classroom. Summer cicadas. A wooden head. The boy talks to it, confides in it. The head seems to listen, seems to understand. Soon, the boy isn't himself anymore. J-horror lives in the uncanny valley.

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Atsushi Shimizu directed The Wish in 2005. See Atsushi Shimizu's full filmography, where to start with Atsushi Shimizu, or where to go after you've seen everything by Atsushi Shimizu.

The Wish was released in 2005 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 50 minutes.