Otogiriso

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name = Otogiriso


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director = Ten Shimoyama
producer = Masato Hara, Masato Hara
writer = Shûkei Nagasaka (novel), Goro Nakajima
starring = Megumi Okina, Yoichiro Saito, Koji Ookura, Reiko Matsuo
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released = 2001
runtime = 85 min.
country = Japan
language = Japanese
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imdb_id = 0293478

Otogiriso is a Japanese horror movie known in English as "St. John's Wort". It was directed by Ten Shimoyama, and released in 2001.

Cast

* Megumi Okina (Nami Kikushima/Naomi)
* Yoichiro Saito (Kohei Matsudaira)
* Koji Ookura (Shinichi)
* Reiko Matsuo (Toko)
* Minoru (Kaizawa Soichi)

Plot

The movie starts by showing random images of candles, porcelain dolls, walls, rope and metal chain and later we learn that it was actually a short skit created by a group of 3 adolescence, Toko, Kohei and Shinichi. The three of them were discussing about the result of their work and the story zoom in to the game again. The game is about a girl named Nami whose mother died in the hospital. She later received a will letter from his deceased father that stated she inherited large fortune.

The next day, an illustrator called Nami enter the workroom of the 3 adolescents. Toko thanked Nami for her drawing and Shinichi praised Nami's work. Nami then went up stairs to meet Kohei who was sleeping on the rooftop. We then learnt that Nami and Kohei used to be a couple but they broke up and now Kohei is using Nami as his model in the game they try to develop.

In the car, Nami told Kohei that she was wondering why she was abandoned. Kohei told her that her mother died when she was born and her father could not raised her alone. Then they arrived at a big abandoned house where Nami was born. Nami then told Kohei about her dreams while Kohei recorded everything using his handycam. The caretaker approached them and handed Nami the house key. Both of them enter gate and Kohei noticed that the garden was full with St. John Worth. Nami told him that St. John Worth was the last word of the aunt who raised her and Kohei said that the meaning of St. John Worth is revenge in very old poems.

Inside the house, Kohei recorded every detail of the house with his handicam and noticed a big stair and asked Nami whether it is the same as the big stair that she saw in her dream but Nami said it was not. Kohei then admired paintings made by Kaizawa Soichi that were hung on the wall and we learnt that actually he was Nami's father. Nami later tried to unlock a door but the key did not fit. Then both of them went to explore the rooms that were connected to the main hall.

Later, they found a portrait of Kaizawa Soichi made of oil painting hung on the wall and then they moved to the kitchen. Kohei then told Nami that she must got her talent from her father. When they return to the main hall, Nami was staring at a portrait of a woman that they suspected was a portrait of her mother. Both of them moved upstairs and found a room full with porcelain dolls.

They entered another room and saw a potrait of a baby girl and a baby crib. Next to the room was another room with a small table with playing cards on top of it and 2 chairs facing each other and a cupboard. Nami checked the inside of the cupboard and they left to the main hall.