# Shikoku (1999)

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**Original title**: *死国*
**Runtime**: 100 min
**Genres**: Horror
**Directed by**: Shunichi Nagasaki
**Written by**: Takenori Sentô, Kunimi Manda
**Starring**: Yui Natsukawa, Michitaka Tsutsui, Chiaki Kuriyama, Toshie Negishi, Ren Osugi, Makoto Satō

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rural Shikoku summer dusk a lonely bicycle bell rings. 
Hinako returns to her hometown, confronts a grieving mother and a vengeful spirit. 
Shunichi Nagasaki's horror elements unfold in this eerie tale.

**Mood tags**: dread, slow-burn

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