Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: 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 Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: 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.

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: The Wish was released in 2005 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 50 minutes.