Tokyo 23-ku Onna (2019)

Other name: Tokyo Nijusan-ku Onna

Description:

"Tokyo 23-ku Onna" plunges viewers into the chilling supernatural secrets hidden within Japan's vibrant capital. Freelance writer Harada Ririko and former folklore lecturer Shimano Hitoshi embark on a perilous journey across Tokyo's 23 wards, investigating unsettling urban legends and ghostly apparitions. Their quest exposes the terrifying realities lurking beneath familiar streets and buildings.

They encounter a sorrowful office lady lost in Shibuya's subterranean drains, desperately searching for her missing mother, and a mistress in Koto Ward concealing a dark secret involving a dead body. A female CEO experiences a horrifying encounter with an apparition in a late-night Minato taxi. The duo also grapples with the mysterious riddle of an Ikebukuro woman, a doctor's wife whose fate is intertwined with an ancient Itabashi tree, and a sinister crime scene in Shinagawa linked to the infamous Suzugamori execution grounds. This gripping narrative explores deep human emotions and terrifying encounters with the unknown, revealing Tokyo's hidden spectral side.

Country: Japanese

Status: Completed

Released: 2019

Genre:Drama; Horror; Supernatural; Suspense