When Yoshida-san presented this photograph to me I thought,
"There's no way I could be so lucky."
Yuko...
you're exquisite.
Furuya-san... there's something I should have...
This may all seem frightening at first.
But it will be exhilarating soon.
It's all right.
We're married now.
There's something I must tell you.
I...
I'm so sorry.
I was going to write you.
Tell you before the journey.
But...
You didn't. You came to me without saying anything.
You thought you could trick me.
Please... We can tell everyone, "It's Hideo's."
It will be your child.
What do you think I am? Do you take me for a fool?
I'm sorry. They told me, "Hideo is a good man."
"An understanding man. A kind man."
I beg you to forgive me!
Please!
I asked for a bride.
Not a whore.
Please, Hideo! Let me explain!
- There's nothing to explain. - Please!
You've come to me spoiled.
A rotten apple. What would you do?
Please forgive me! Please!
I don't have anyone!
Please!
Wait a minute.
You did the right thing, dear.
Children can't be raised on the streets.
A moment of weakness...
and so much destruction in its wake.
What is a woman worth if she can't raise her own child?
If she can't provide?
Child?
Is something worrying you?
Oh, no. Just reflecting.
Yes.
I used to come here as well.
To reflect.
On life.
I used to think...
how peaceful it must be down under the water.
All one's troubles and sorrows
could be washed out to sea with the tide.
But take it from a woman who has seen many years...
pain doesn't need to be washed away.
It will all fade, eventually.
Oh, no. You misunderstand.
I'm just resting before returning home.
Good morning, child.
You slept quite well.
What happened?
I remember being under water...
I saved you. From an accident.
I don't remember how I got here.
And soon, with luck, the rest will fade as well.
Just know that you're safe now child.
Here.
Thank you.
This home...
I feel like I'm back in Japan.
Yes, I spent many years building my little home.
Now, eat. You need to recover.
Let's eat.
I'm sorry. I must have been famished.
Your spirit is hungry to recover.
Is that the Yotsu Hanabishi?
That's the crest of my ancestors.
Is that so? What a coincidence.
Come now. A body on the mend needs fresh air.
Such... beauty.
Not even a single leaf out of place.
It's stunning.
I knew you would find the beauty in it.
He hasn't taken a break all morning.
Yes, he's quite hard-working.
Has he been with you long?
So long, I can't even remember.
But what better garden could there be to tend?
When you found me on the bridge...
Child!
I told you not to think of that.
But you said you once also stood there.
Contemplating... terrible things.
There's no need to say any more.
All I wanted was...
to be a mother...
to care for... to love...
Child!
You were about to ruin the sand.
I'm sorry.
You've overexerted yourself.
Let's take a little rest.
Good morning, child.
You slept quite well.
Is something wrong?
No, nothing.
Such beautiful hair.
Like silk.
Is that walkway new?
Why do you ask?
It's not quite finished.
Hair like this requires proper attention.
I'm sorry. I'm feeling dizzy.
Ah, wait! I have something.
Doesn't it suit you!
This is far too nice.
Nonsense.
It fits you perfectly.
Please... enjoy.
You are too generous.
Someone! Help me!
Someone!
Help me!
I tried to warn you, child.
Help me!
Hold this, child. I'll save you.
Good morning, child.
You slept quite well.
You must be famished.
Where am I?
Calm down. Eat your breakfast.
What is this cursed place?
Isn't it obvious?
This is paradise.
I don't remember how I got here.
How I got out of the water.
Of course you wouldn't.
You never left.
But no need to fret. You're safe now.
No... I can't be here! In a place like this...
I'm a mother!
No more.
We have each other now.
No... No!
You are scared.
I know that fear.
A ravenous hunger. For restitution.
The priests call it onnen.
But I can help you.
We can be happy here.
No! I'm a mother! I have to get back!
You're dead!
It's all lost! Gone!
My child...
I know that pain too.
I do.
But it will dull in time.
I've made a terrible mistake.
Sweet child...
I'll be your mother now.
You're not. You're a demon!
You ungrateful whore!
You chose this!
You went to that bridge on your own.
I warned you, but you chose oblivion...
and threw yourself into the water.
I saved you from the sand below.
Shall I throw you back?
Back into the depths!
I've waited.
I've waited so very long.
For you.
For one of my own.
The Yotsu Hanabishi. ..
The crest of my ancestors.
Our ancestors.
Now you see.
We are of the same family.
Only my blood can join me here.
Even so many generations later.
This is our paradise.
For all eternity.
Now, you really must eat, my child.
You need your strength.
There must be a way out... There must...
There's no way out...
my child.
Where else would you go?
No. You're trying too hard.
Ah. I see.
The monks say, to truly master calligraphy,
one must simply let the letters flow like breath.
Ah! You copied the Yotsu Hanabishi perfectly.
Yes. I've been quite taken by it.
Nothing here is out of place.
Isn't that right?
I supposed that includes this yukata.
And, I suppose, me.
Yes, of course.
You said you waited many generations.
But didn't you have a daughter of your own?
I don't speak of her.
But this was her yukata, wasn't it?
I said let's not talk about it.
I saw her wearing one. Under the sand.
That's your daughter, isn't it?
Down in that hell?
Enough.
- Is that your doing? - Silence!
Did you send her there?
Is that why you can't get her back?
What did you do to her?
Shut up!
You must remember.
You built this whole place to forget all that.
But you can't, can you?
You can't have your daughter back!
Because she's just like you.
Unreasonable.
Disrespectful.
Selfish.
Just as I thought.
Your daughter... she was never perfect enough for you.
How did you kill her?
I didn't!
She enraged me! It was her fault she fell!
She brought it on herself!
And so have you.
Let me go!
Help me!
Please!
Help me!
Thank you, my child.
I told you.
I'm not your child.
I'm a mother!
Wake up, buddy. You're home.
Chester?
Yes.
That boy brings pain.
It stalks him.
My son is safer in Italy than we are here!
There are times when misfortune simply happens by chance.
My son has come home.
Alive.
All I wish is that yours comes back safely too.
Nakayama, Chester.
Medical discharge.
Chester.
Where's Luz?
She's OK.
But her father came and...
She left?
I'm sorry.
She asked me to send...
But you needed happy thoughts. Not this.
The spirit follows you.
It killed your sons.
It drove Luz mad.
It's your fault my husband died.
Now you put everyone in danger.
Leave him alone!
My son is in grief.
For whom?
The babies?
You brought this on him!
If only you hadn't been so selfish,
none of this would have--
My son is a soldier.
He is a hero.
What are you?
You should rest. Let's go.
She's right.
A spirit does follow me.
It followed me across the Pacific.
That jeep crash was no accident.
It tried to kill me.
Did it do this too?
Please. Don't listen to this nonsense.
What was she talking about?
What did she mean, "You brought this on"?
Son...
My sweet baby.
Ma?
How I've missed you.
Ma, let me go.
We must go now.
Let me go.
Find your woman.
The babies are dead.
But your line...
our line must continue.
Yurei.
It's you.
My Taizo.
Let my mother go!
You call her mother?
She is!
But you...
you are a demon!
Leave my mother!
She is no mother.
She is a thief!
Face me! You coward!
Taizo.
Ma!
What happened?
- Asako? - Ma?
Chester?
Ma.
She was inside me.
But I was there too.
I had to watch my hands...
My own hands...
I tried...
I tried to control my body.
I fought so hard. But I...
I couldn't do it.
I felt the spirit.
So much pain.
So much desire.
Like a tremendous hunger.
Onnen.
What is it?
What does it want?
You.
Then it was her.
Who?
I had a sister.
Died many years ago.
Her name was Yuko.
Your sister...
is the yurei?
She was Hideo's picture bride.
But he shunned her.
Sent her away.
She went to the Badger Avenue Bridge.
She jumped.
Jesus.
But then what does she want with me?
When she came to Hideo,
she was...
with child already.
It called me her child.
"Taizo."
- Is that-- - Taizo is the name she gave you.
I'm sorry.
It's OK now, Akemi. Hush...
Taizo...
I was still in Japan when I found out my sister had taken her life.
I vowed that I would never let my sister's child be an orphan.
I made the crossing.
We took you.
And my father?
A soldier.
He died at war.
All these years...
All my life...
Those meals at the table.
When you looked me in the eye and never said a word.
How?
We fear the truth would hurt.
You mean it would hurt you.
Son...
Don't you call me that.
She's my blood.
You are nothing.
Is that so?
Taizo?
Only my own blood can join me...
Yuko.
Yurei?
How can this be?
I don't know.
You know the traditions.
You need to help us.
I am not onmyoji.
I only know pieces of old Kaidan.
That's more than most.
Her spirit somewhere else.
Kaidan tell us...
unfulfilled soul...
need body to occupy.
If we destroy body,
soul cannot exist.
Destroy the body?
Destroy her body?
No.
It is not her.
Not anymore.
Her spirit must be set free.
Please. This must be done.
She looks just like I remember.
A girl.
Preparing to meet her husband.
Poor Yuko.
Yes.
It must be done.
- Chester... - Leave me.
Please.
Monster.
No!
No! Taizo!
Taizo...