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19 August 1999 (Hong Kong)
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Some things are better left dead...
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Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She soon learns that her childhood friend...
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Shinto priestess resurrecting her daughter
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(Credited cast) | Yui Natsukawa | ... | Hinako Myoujin |
| Michitaka Tsutsui | ... | Fumiya Akizawa |
 | Chiaki Kuriyama | ... | Sayori Hiura |
| Toshie Negishi | ... | Teruko Hiura (Sayori's mother) |
| Ren Ôsugi | ... | Yasutaka Hiura (Sayori's father) |
| Makoto Satô | ... | Sendo |
| Tarô Suwa | ... | Oda |
| Tomoko Ôtakara | ... | Yukari Asakawa |
| Haduki Kôzu | ... | Chizuko Oono |
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 | Reila Aphrodite | ||
| Shino Kaneko | ||
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Hong Kong:100 min
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The title is a play on words. In Japanese, depending on which kanji is used, "shikoku" can mean "four countries" (which is the name of the island where the movie is set) or it can mean "land of the dead."
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Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
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This has an interesting story based on the shinto-religion. The island Shikoku has 88 temples and every year the priest go to each one of them in a certain order to make sure the people will prosper the following year (or similar), one priestess who lost her daughter walks the route the opposite way the same number that her daughter was old in order to resurrect her.
It begins very creepy when a woman returns from the city to visit her childhood village. It then turns into a mystery investigation delivering something else than what was promised. Recommended for horror fans.