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All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Hideo Nakata, ranked
This series provides a detailed and insightful look into the tragic events that occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011. It delves into the failures of the plant’s safety measures, the devastating effects of the earthquake and tsunami that triggered the disaster, and the ongoing struggles to clean up the radioactive contamination in the area.
Two high schoolers, Masami and Tomoko, talk about a videotape that was allegedly recorded in Izu and bears a curse that kills the viewer in one week. The two hear the phone ring, but it turns out to only be Tomoko’s mother, much to their amusement.
Yoshimi Matsubara, in the midst of a divorce mediation, rents a run-down apartment with her daughter, Ikuko. She enrolls Ikuko in a nearby kindergarten and gets a job as a proofreader in a small publishing company. The ceiling of their apartment has a leak that worsens on a daily basis. Matsubara complains to the building superintendent but he does nothing to fix it.