Kôji Yokokawa

Hitokowa 2: Deadly Hauntings

In this suspenseful omnibus, three stories mingle humor with horror for a hauntingly realistic take on modern day fears.

JUDGEMENT

An ex-boxer awakens in an unfamiliar room, chained from escape. His name is Machimura and he's not alone.

Hellevator: The Bottled Fools

Luchino's routine morning elevator ride up from her subterranean home on level 138 to her school many stories above turns horrific when the elevator operator is ordered to pick up two passengers from floor 99, the maximum security level. What starts as psychological manipulation soon turns wholly physical as both the cruel convicts and Luchino's own dysfunctional past are unleashed. And then every passenger must fight for his or her survival.

IKKA

The family of 20-year-old Ohta is celebrating his birthday in a restaurant. What was supposed to be a happy familiar reunion turns into a big mess.

Blessing Bell

Existential study on a misplaced workers and ex-prisoner who moves through the city and his influence on other characters' lives.

Madness in Bloom

Yamaguchi, Ichikawa and Kosuge dress in white military-style uniforms to "clean" the streets of Shibuya from bad elements. After rightist gang boss, Aota takes an interest in the three, the boys gradually become influenced by him, but start to go their different ways.