日常恐怖劇場・オモヒノタマ 念珠
Prayer Beads, also called "omoinotama" or "nunju" in Japanese, are the small wooden beads strung on a loop used in Buddhist worship. The number of beads is typically 108, corresponding to the 108 earthly desires or sins that the beads have the power to extinguish. "Prayer Beads" is a series of 9 episodes of 30-minute dramas strung together, with the characters in each episode designing one thread of fate. The short independent episodes are skillfully linked together to become one story. The protagonists' dreams and fears and feelings about this life are all taken up and spun around to reach a dramatic conclusion in the final story.
Season 1 · 9 episodes
May 8, 2004
Miki has been depressed due to the disappearance of her husband Akira. Her friend Hiroko attempts to comfort Miki, but is very worried about her friend. Miki spends all of her time in her apartment with the draperies shut, and she isn't taking very good care of her son named Takuya, who leaves for school before she awakens. As the story unfolds, it becomes quite clear that both Miki and Hiroko and both hiding deadly secrets from one another.
May 8, 2004
A young couple, Mayu & Kota, travel to a mountain cabin for a getaway. They arrive late and find that the cabin has no water. When they contact the manager, they are told that they must wait until the next morning for repairs, because no one in that area goes out at night -- people are afraid to. Kota ventures out to get Mayu something to drink and comes across an ancient vending machine. The couple both drink the unfamiliar brand of soft drink and suddenly find themselves behaving very strangely.
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