43-year-old business woman, Harumi. She lives with her husband, after their only daughter, Michiyo, married two years ago. One day, Michiyo is killed by her husband, Koji. Koji is sentenced to death. Harumi initially agreed with it, but starts thinking to stop the death penalty of Koji. Although her husband and all her family are strongly opposed to her decision, she keeps trying to stop the death penalty with the help of Koji's lawyer. Harumi had a secret of Michiyo that she doesn't want to tell anyone.
Nursing student Asuka has just moved into an apartment complex with her parents and younger brother. On the first night in her new room, she is awoken by a strange scratching sound coming from the apartment of her neighbor, a reclusive old man who has refused all attempts at communication. Concerned over his well being, Asuka enters his home only to find him dead from malnutrition. Worse, it looks as if he had been trying to claw his way into her room. Asuka learns that there have been a number of strange deaths in the complex over the years from Shinobu, the handyman cleaning up the old man’s apartment. Even the girls at school whisper rumors of it being haunted.
Две сестры (17 и 20) живут с матерью, расставшейся с отцом 14 лет назад и до сих пор не простившей ему предательство. Узнав, что он скоро умрет от рака, мстительная женщина посылает дочерей попрощаться с ним «как следует» и вручает им фотоаппарат – со строгим наказом сделать его фотографию: «Прежде, чем он умрет, я хочу расхохотаться ему в лицо». Девочки успевают лишь на похороны отца и пытаются узнать хоть что-то о нем от маленького сводного брата. Выполнить просьбу матери сестрам так и не удается, но они привозят ей кое-что на добрую память о покойном – этот оригинальный сувенир радует брошенную бывшую жену даже больше, чем предсмертная фотография изменщика.
