Azusa

Hasegawa is writing a sequel to his previous novel, based on a true character who murdered 9 people on the street, with the premise that the killer had a brother. The main character in his new novel, Harumi, drops out of high school and leads a quiet life, unable to understand his brother. He is scared that the same blood runs in his veins but is also enraged by the fact that his brother’s life is consumed as material for novels by many writers. A novelist, Hasegawa faces limitations in making being able to make fiction as real and cruel as it is in reality. Hasegawa hears from a witness how a murder happened but he cannot be sure if it is a true event or from her imagination. One day, Hasegawa encounters Harumi… This is an obscure yet attractive film that extends its style from Kurosawa Kiyoshi to David Lynch. The title, A Bao A Qu, comes from a shapeless being that earns its shape as the pilgrim of a true heart near him featured in Indian religion and The Arabian Nights.

女子大生・中村由美（柴咲コウ）の友人でもある岡崎陽子や河合ケンジが、謎の死の予告電話によって次々と不可解な死亡を遂げていく。その死の予告電話の内容は、なぜか未来からの発信時刻で来ており、死ぬ瞬間の声や映像、画像が送られてきてその未来の時刻に差し掛かったとき、その通りに死んでしまうのである。 新たに死の予告電話を受けた小学校からの幼馴染みの友人・小西なつみ（吹石一恵）を救うため、由美は謎の男・山下弘（堤真一）の協力を得て事件の真相を追うが、彼女も今までと同様に予告通り、テレビの生放送中に悲惨な死を遂げてしまう。そしてその直後、遂に由美自身が「死の予告電話」を受けてしまう。