The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window (2021)

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• Movie: The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window (English & literal title)
• Romaji: Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru
• Japanese: さんかく窓の外側は夜

• Director: Yukihiro Morigaki
• Writer: Tomoko Yamashita (manga), Tomoko Aizawa
• Producer: Daisuke Fujita, Daisuke Fukushima, Minori Tabuchi
• Cinematographer: Tetsuya Kondoh
• Release Date: January 22, 2021
• Runtime: 102 min.
• Distributor: Shochiku
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Since Kosuke Mikado (Jun Shison) was a child, he has seen ghosts. He has had a difficult time because of that. One day, Rihito Hiyakawa (Masaki Okada) comes to the bookstore where Kosuke Mikado works at and tells Kosuke Mikado that if he is with him, he won’t be afraid anymore.

Rihito Hiyakawa is an exorcist. Kosuke Mikado decides to take part in exorcisms conducted by Rihito Hiyakawa. They then receive a request from a detective about a serial murder case. While investigating the case, Rihito Hiyakawa and Kosuke Mikado find a cursed dead body.