![]() ![]() ![]() The three story threads can be largely seen as distinct plots, as they mostly function without reference or relevance to the others. The film spends a long time setting up Midori’s high-school classmates, who are then jettisoned in the final third as the story comes to focus on the story of Ryusuke. The first concerns the Tsuruji shrine and the violent fates awaiting the girls who attempt to discover their futures the second revolves around Midori and Ryusuke’s relationship and a third is centred on Midori’s mother and the disappearance of her father 10 years prior. ![]() Meanwhile, Midori’s mother begins to break down, continually scrubbing mold off the walls of their apartment.īased on a Junji Ito manga, with a script by Naoyuki Tomomatsu, “Lovesick Dead” (also known as “Love Ghost”, brings together three ghost stories disguised as a high-school romance. Midori also meets an old friend called Ryusuke who she hasn’t seen for 10 years. Two of the students meet a gruesome end after trying Tsuruji, lending credence to these rumours. ![]() On her first day at a new school she meets Suzue, whose friends relate several other eerie stories involving Tsuruji. Midori’s dream always ends with the appearance of a dark figure. Midori (Risa Goto) is a high-schooler troubled by a recurring dream of a roadside shrine and the ancient practice of Tsuruji, where a person stands by the shrine and asks the first passer-by whether they will find love or not. ![]()
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