The Day of Destruction

In a rural coal town, winter’s first snow falls on headstones carved with unfamiliar glyphs. A Shugendo novice vanishes behind the mine; when he returns, his pupils gleam like oil slicks and he speaks in tongues of decay. His fingers twitch, stitching shadows into flesh. The closer: A slow, quiet folk-horror fog that never lifts.

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Toshiaki Toyoda directed The Day of Destruction in 2020. See Toshiaki Toyoda's full filmography, where to start with Toshiaki Toyoda, or where to go after you've seen everything by Toshiaki Toyoda.

The Day of Destruction was released in 2020 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 57 minutes.