The Spiral

Tall apartment in July, cicadas scream through open windows. A medical examiner traces a friend’s autopsy, finds the same glitch in home video—now her apartment fridge hums when the tape plays.

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George Iida directed The Spiral in 1998. See George Iida's full filmography, where to start with George Iida, or where to go after you've seen everything by George Iida.

The Spiral was released in 1998 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 97 minutes.