Um, so, anyway...
thank you all so much for being here and...
- uh, letīs eat some cake. -
- Careful!
- Ben, youīre gonna drop me. - I am gonna drop you.
- God. -
- Mmm, stay just like that. - Ben
- Enough with the pictures! - Come on!
You look beautiful! They should be preserved for all of time.
This is what I get for marrying a photographer.
What are you doing so far away from me?
The most beautiful blushing bride in all of Brooklyn.
Oh.
You have been wonderful about this whole thing.
- Yes, I have been wonderful. - Yes, you have.
I promise you, I will make it fun.
Just think, the first stamp in your new passport is gonna beJapan.
- How cool is that? - That is cool. That is really cool.
Well, the car will be here in an hour.
You better hurry up if youīre gonna get this thing consummated.
God, look at that.
- Mmm, itīs beautiful, huh? - Itīs gorgeous!
Real quick. Get in the picture.
- Uh - oh.
Ben.
Baby, Iīm sorry. Can you check the map?
- - I am so lost. I think
- Sorry to wake you up. - Mmm, itīs okay.
Did you cross a bridge?
- What was the last thing that you passed? - Uh, this intersection about
Jane.Jane?
Jane, honey, are you okay?
There was a girl. We hit a girl.
- There was a girl on the road. - Okay. Okay.
- I think she might be dead. -
- Jesus Christ. - Thereīs nothing here,Jane.
- Oh, I mightīve killed someone. - Janie, thereīs nothinī here.
She could be covered in the snow. Ben, we have to find her.
- Janie, thereīs no blood. Thereīs nothing here. - We have to find her.
Let me get you back in the car. It is freezing out here.
Iīm gonna call the police. Iīll get us some help.
- They canīt just leave. - Honey
They searched the woods. They called the hospitals. Thereīs nothing.
They think we hit an animal. Youīre absolutely positive that it was a girl?
Ben, she was standing right here.
Okay. Look, thereīs nothing else we can do tonight.
So can we please, please just go?
Oh, man.
I think I tweaked somethinī back there.
We did everything we could,Jane.
Look, weīve only got a couple of days before I start work. Letīs try and enjoy it.
What do you say I make us some green tea?
And then we can sleep for a year.
Maybe two.
Yeah.
Janie, I forgot how beautiful the light is out here.
We have got-- to start taking some pictures.
What would a girl have been doing in the middle of the road wearing a dress like that?
Jane, honey, we have talked about this.
If there was a girl-- If--
Then somebody must have stopped and got her some help.
- I know. I just-- I canīt-- -Jane, please.
Stop being so dramatic about this.
If there was a girl, I promise you...
she is somewhere right now sitting in bed, eating ice cream and having her cast signed.
- - Come with me, and letīs take some photographs.
- Baby, do they even have ice cream in Japan? - Yes, they do.
- But... itīs fish flavored. - Oh, okay.
Right-- No, no. Right-- Perfect. One second.
- Ben, itīs really cold. - I know. Iīm cominī.
Okay, okay. First, one for Mom.
- A family portrait. -
- - Can I press the button?
- You wanna press the button? - I wanna press the button.
- -
- Thatīs why they pay me the big bucks. - Jane is cold.
- Janeīs cold. - We should definitely, definitely warm Jane up.
Ben-san!
Yoko.
- Oh. - Hi.
Wife?
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
- And congratulations on the job. - Thank you.
- Ben - san!
- See ya. - Bruno! Look at you!
- Oh! - Two years!
- Like you never left. - Maybe I shouldnīt have.
Oh, come on. Come on. This must beJane.
Uh, yes. Bruno,Jane. Jane, Bruno.
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
- Sorry I couldnīt make it, but-- - Oh, Benīs told me so much about you.
- Oh, hopefully the good stuff. -
And Iīm sorry we cut short your honeymoon.
In fact, I got the client upstairs waiting.
- Oh, donīt worry about me. Go. - Okay.
- Good luck. - Iīm sorry Iīm late, man. The traffic was a killer.
Donīt worry about it. Youīre the genius photographer.
Thatīs why I brought you out here.
We finalized the last of the models. Did you get the Polaroids we sent over?
I did get the Polaroids. Thereīs a couple Iīd like to meet in person.
- Yeah, I bet there is. - Oh, come on.
Talk to Adam about that tomorrow.
Now, the clients are eager to get going.
And I think I should mention they are very pleased with our choice of photographer.
- You ready? - Ready.
- [ Background: Techno ] - Ah. Here is the photo studio.
Come on in.
Hi! Pleasure to meet you.
Yes, this is your assistant. Ben Shaw, Seiko Nakamura.
And this is Benīs wife,Jane.
- Hi, itīs nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- Does this work? - Yeah.
Good. All right. Well, letīs head upstairs, and weīll check out the rest.
- People live here? - Well, yours is the only actual completed unit.
So, you guysīll have the whole place to yourselves.
Be good for a couple of newlyweds, huh?
We had, uh, most of this stuff from another shoot.
- Figured they wouldnīt miss it. - You always were a sneaky bastard.
I had, uh, Seiko rent the rest.
- Not so bad, right? - Are you kidding? Itīs great.
Look at this place.
- Our stuff. - I gotta get back to the office.
Man, you set us up here.
I want you to know I really appreciate this job.
Come on. You make me look good, you being here.
- Besides, itīll just be like old times. -
- Donīt forget. Dinner with Adam. - Sounds good to me.
All right. Good night.
- - Itīs huge!
- My God! - And itīs all ours!
I mean,Janie, did you see this view ofTokyo?
I wish Iīd brought up my camera.
Well, too bad there is nothing else that we could do...
up here.
Mr. Ben Shaw.
All these things I say
The way you make me feel
All these things I say
You are
- Good to me -
You are
Good to me
You are
Good to me
You gotta get that looked at, honey.
Whatīs this?
Just a little surprise.
Itīs the honeymoon photographs. I gave Bruno the film last night.
Seiko just dropped them off.
Oh, God, I look hideous.
Whatīs this?
I donīt know. Reflection, maybe?
Or it could just be a bad frame on the roll.
- No, itīs in a couple ofīem. - Really? Hmm.
Maybe I misloaded the film.
Well, if thatīs the case, then weīll just have to reshoot.
Mmm.
Enjoy your first day in Tokyo.
- -
- [ Background:Man Rapping, Indistinct ] - Open your eyes.Just like that.
Hold that. Hold it.
Just like that. Eyes to me.
Can you drop your hand off the bottle just a little-- Right there. Perfect.
Hold that. Last couple.
Lovely. Uh, perfect.
Okay. Can you bring your hand down just a little bit on the bottle?
A little more, more, more. Okay. Right there, perfect.
Hold that. Last couple frames.
Iīm sorry. Excuse me.
- Hey. - Hi.
- Hey, baby. - Hey.
- How was your first day in Tokyo? - Uh, it was, um
- Mmm. - Good. Rainy.
Yeah, youīre soaked. Letīs get you out of this.
- Thank you. - Megan called. Sheīs sending over the photos from the wedding.
Oh, thatīs nice. I should give her a call.
You could, but itīs 3:00 a.m. in New York.
- Yesterday. - Oh. Mmm.
- How was your day? - Itīs... the office.
Thisīll only take a second. Thank you.
- Moshi moshi. - So, whereīd you go?
- Uh, mostly I just walked around. - Can I see your pictures?
Sure. Theyīre just tourist shots.
- -
- Oh, God. -
- - What?
Spirit photos.
Hold on. You know wh--what these are?
Yeah. My ex-boyfriend works at a spirit photography magazine.
- There are whole magazines? - Yeah.
- - Any in English?
Um, I can introduce you tomorrow, uh, after the photo shoot.
- Come on. Itīll be fun. - Um
Thatīs cute. You girls have a date.
- Uh--Well, I guess so. - Great.
Hey. Ah!
- Jane. - Long time.
- Adam, this is myJane.Jane, Adam. - Hello. Iīm Adam.
- Lovely to meet you. - Itīs a pleasure to meet you.
- Look at you. You look like an old man. - Bite me.
- Yeah, a cane or something there, buddy? - I got your cane right here.
- Um, sake? - Sounds great. Sure.
Hai.
So, what do you do when youīre not traveling the world with this guy?
Actually, I just became certified to teach sixth-grade English.
Really? Well, that must be pretty fulfilling.
- No, I-- -
So, hey, Bru,you remember that Russian hostess from the other night?
- No. - Yeah, I called her.
Sheīs cominī in for an audition on Wednesday.
- Unbelievable, this guy. - Some things never change.
- Hey, itīs my job. -
- Arigato. - Thank you.
- What is it exactly that you do, Adam? - Um
- - I, um, I rep models.
Um, and I got this guy all the girls heīs workinī with the next two weeks.
Ah. You guys make quite the team, donīt you?
- Certainly did. - Three amigos of the international department.
- To good friends. - Kanpai.
Just perfect.
- Eyes right to lens. Perfect. -
- Right there. Hold that. -
Okay. Thatīs enough color. Letīs shoot some black-and-white.
See, uh, right up there? Thatīs my office, right up there in the corner.
- Thatīs your office? - Clear frame, please. Bruno!
- Yeah? - Be plenty of time for that later.
All right.
Clear the frame, please.
Okay. Here we go.
TheJapanese love paranormal phenomena.
- And your boyfriend works here. - No.
- Ritsuo is my ex-boyfriend. - Oh.
- Heīs dating Yukiko now. - Oh.
Konnichiwa.
- Seiko? - Ritsuo?
- -
Sorry. I-- I was wondering if you could tell me where you get your photos from.
- Oh, heīs a fake. - Oh. Shh.
Look. Our readers want to see scary photos. And real ones are hard to find.
So, itīs not a big deal.
Right, so none of this is real.
I didnīt say that. Look, I started this magazine three years ago.
And this is the first photo we ever published.
Thatīs me in the photo.
It was taken after my mother had passed away.
Itīs real.
But thatīs just one picture.
Come on. I want to show you something.
We didnīt fake these.
You know, spirit photography has been around since the 1 800s--
as long as photography itself.
All across the world, these images have always appeared...
connecting us with the unseen.
And I think theyīre trying to tell us something.
Like what?
Well, depends on the people and the pictures.
Unrequited love.
Maybe youīve had an unfinished business with a dead relative.
Could be your father, mother, children.
- - Iīve seen pictures where living people have appeared.
I think itīs a case of strong emotions making themselves heard.
- Like a message. - Yes.
Think about it. Why all that effort if you donīt have something to say?
You know, if youīre interested, wejust did a big story on a local medium.
What?
Heīs a powerful spiritualist.
We had him take a look at a bunch of photos. Here.
Does this mean that you canīt tell which ones are real or which ones are fakes?
I know that you canīt fake a Polaroid. Thereīs no negative.
You load the film, you push a shutter.
And out comes a photo. How are you gonna fake that?
Maybe you should take a picture of your girlfriend. My spirit doesnīt really like her.
Well, then maybe I should take pictures of you.
- Hey, where are you going with that? -
Ritsuo.
Ow!
- - Hello.
Hey.
- Is everything okay? - Uh
Uh, yeah.
Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Everythingīs fine. I just-- I, um--
I got some chemicals in my eyes.
Sorry.
Iīm sorry. Iīm so sorry.
Please, can somebody make it stop? Does anyone know how to--
I need to get back. Please, somebody help!
Tell me itīs not my fault. Tell me that they damaged it at the lab.
They looked. Itīs on the negatives.
Then why didnīt we see anything in the Polaroids?
Then they must have damaged it at the lab!
- -
- Just tell me this is not my fault. - Hey.
Whatīs going on?
The film from todayīs shoot is ruined.
Okay, Iīm gonna go.
- Bye,Jane. - Bye.
How bad is it? Can you reshoot?
No. Not without blowing the budget and the schedule.
- Thatīs if theyīd even let me. - It was a mistake.
- These things happen. - Yes, it was.
A very embarrassing, very expensive mistake.
Weīve seen this before.
Like the pictures from the cabin.
Well, it makes sense. Itīs the same camera.
It mustīve got banged up in the crash.
And, uh, somethinī got in the body, or thereīs a light leak.
I donīt know. But Iīm lucky I didnīt get fired today.
- If it wasnīt for Bruno-- - I saw her.
Who?
The girl from the road.
- - She followed us to Tokyo.
Well, great, great. That means sheīs okay.
No, sheīs-- Sheīs not-- Sheīs not okay, Ben. Christ, she--
I think sheīs dead.
Janie.
Janie, look. I know that this has been difficult for you.
- And itīs completely understandable given-- - I know. I know. I know.
I know what it sounds like. I know it sounds crazy. But just think about it.
Ben, have you seen or felt anything strange?
Anything at all. Anything since the crash.
Jane, I havenīt seen any ghosts.
- Donīt be like that. - But thatīs what this is about, right?
I mean, thatīs what youīre saying. Listen to yourself.
Do you hear what youīre saying,Jane? Ghosts?
I mean, look. I wish I could quit my job. I do.
I wish I could spend every moment of every day with you, but I canīt.
- I have to work. - Iīve never asked you to hold my hand.
- Iīve never asked you-- - But,Jane, thatīs what this is about!
Now, come on! Today is just not the day. Iīm sorry.
Iīm sorry,Jane, but,Jesus, Iīm just not your fucking father.
God.
I see no sign of serious injury.
I can give you something for the pain.
Honey, Iīm really sorry about last night.
Thatīs probably the agency.
- Iīll be right back. -
- Moshi moshi. - Hi. Itīs me.
Hey, letīs not fight anymore. Iīm sorry about the whole thing.
Well, I was thinking Iīd make you dinner.
Ben? Are you there?
No! God!
Ben!
Ben?
Iīm so sorry. Honey, Iīm so sorry.
You saw her.
I think maybe the stress is gettinī to me.
But you saw the girl.
Seiko took me to meet her ex-boyfriend.
He told me that emotional energy can be communicated on film.
I know. I know.
- But all of your ruined photos? -
Everything thatīs happened-- I think itīs that girl from the road.
Sheīs angry at me for what I did to her.
Thereīs a man that people go to...
to... cleanse their spirits.
- - I think he should take a look at our pictures.
- Jane, a fortuneteller? - Please. I need you.
What can it hurt?
We can go in.
- We saw your article. -
Well, we wanted to know. What are these?
- But what makes them appear? -
Passion twists the spirit.
Too much desire... or love... or hate.
The spirit becomes... locked to the body.
Trapped in death.
Mr. Murase, we had an accident.
- Heīs talkinī crazy. - Wait, what is he saying?
- Heīs saying weīre on our own. - I think heīs trying to help us.
Weīre leaving. Come on!
Sorry.
He said thereīs nothinī he can do.
But why? Did he say anything that can help us?
The guyīs a fake, a scam artist, okay? Weīre wasting our time here.
- - Seiko. Hey, itīs me.
Hey, everybody. Iīm sorry Iīm late.
I cannot talk about this right now. Can we talk about it later?
Okay? Later. Sorry, everybody.
T.G.K.
Seiko?
Do you guys have a-a Polaroid camera that I could borrow?
- -
Where are you?
[ Saying Good-byes In Japanese ]
- - See you tomorrow at 8:00.
- See you tomorrow. Thanks for your help today. - My pleasure.
Oh!
Hey, Iīm still in here!
Hello!
Jane? Is that you?
Shit.
Look, this isnīt funny anymore! Turn on the lights.
Hello?
Whoīs there? Whoīs there?
Hey!
- -
- - You know who she is.
Megumi was a translator.
Good. Excuse me, miss.
Could you come forward a little bit andjust tuck in? All right.
I donīt think sheīd ever had a serious relationship before.
Me, us, herjob--
they meant freedom from her home life.
- Her father was very traditional. He didnīt approve. -
- This is for you. - She wanted to spend more and more time at my place.
Oh, my God. You really shouldnīt have done this.
Her father died suddenly. Heīd been sick for a while.
- After that, she was different. Needy. - Ben.
I knew she was suffering, but there was nothing I could do.
I just wasnīt falling in love with her. She sensed it.
- It only made her more intense, obsessive. - Ben.
Maybe I didnīt understand what our relationship meant to her...
how much it cost her.
She was dangerous,Jane. She was going to hurt someone-- herself.
- Donīt leave me! - Put that-- Put it down!
- This has got to stop. It has to stop. - No!
I canīt do this anymore.
- - She wouldnīt listen to me.
She wouldnīt leave me alone.
She followed me everywhere.
- Bruno and Adam said theyīd talk to her. - And?
And they told her to stop, that it was over.
That it was over, that she was making a fool of herself.
After that, I never saw her again.
You just pushed her away.
- Janie, look, I know I didnīt handle this well. - But what was she doing there?
- Why was she on that road? - I donīt know.
I donīt know. She must have been following me.
I know I shouldīve told you...
but thatīs just not the easiest thing to tell your new wife.
But now, Christ, this whole thing--
Itīs just so crazy.
Maybe we should get out of here.
Just go back to New York. What do you think?
Really? Well, what about the shoot?
Screw the job. I can get another job.
But I will not risk you.
Yes.
- Hello? - Hey, man, am I waking you?
No, no. Iīm just watching TV.
- Whatīs goinī on? - Iīve been thinking about Megumi.
- You know what ever happened to her? -
You know, itīs funny. I saw her the other day.
What? Are you sure?
- Yeah. - What did she say?
Nothing. She was just on the street.
She was pointing at me, and I just went the other way.
She kind of creeps me out, man.
- But you were absolutely certain it was her. - Yeah.
Who are you talking to?
Uh, itīs nobody, hon. Iīll be right there.
Bruno, Iīm sorry, man. Can I call you in the morning?
Okay.
[ Background:Pop ]
If Iīd have known this was necessary...
I wouldīve worn something a little nicer.
Thatīs gonna be just fine.
Iīm a little bit nervous.
Oh,just pretend Iīm a customer at your restaurant.
Ha. I donīt usually wait tables in my underwear.
Thereīs always a first time for everything.
Youīve gotta be kidding me.
You wanna be a fashion model. Your test photos need a little bit of fashion.
Nice.
- Giddyap, cowboy. - I will.
Look, Iīm not gonna keep posing if youīre not gonna take the picture.
Um, Iīm gonna keep taking the pictures.
Um, letīs move to the stairs, yeah? Come on.
All right.
You are seriously beautiful.
Itīs Bruno.
- Hey, man. Uh-- - Thereīs been an accident.
- Itīs, uh, Adam. - Oh, God. What kind of accident?
They donīt know. Um-- They donīt know.
Where are they keeping him? Weīll come right now.
- Heīs in a hospital in Shinjuku. - Okay. See you there.
- Bruno shouldīve been here. - Try him again.
Hello?
Bruno. Look, man, we really need you down here.
Adam didnīt make it.
- -
Bruno?
Bruno.
Bruno?
Bruno.
Bruno?
- Bruno. Stop. -
- Bruno! Bruno! - No! No!
Bruno! Bruno!
- -
He was cutting up photos.
Itīs not a coincidence.
I know.
She killed them.
She killed my friends.
- Why them? Weīre the ones who hit her. - I donīt know.
And we canīt stay here.
It must be from Megan.
Okay. I got the tickets. We can change them at the counter.
Weīre not going anywhere.
These pictures were taken before the crash.
- How can she possibly-- - This isnīt about the crash.
She was with us before we got here.
Sheīs been with us all along.
The medium said that spirits are tied to the flesh.
Even in death.
Ben, we have to find her.
Megumi had a house a few hours outside of Tokyo. We can start there.
Hello?
Is anyone there?
Come on. Sheīs not here. Letīs go.
- - Wait.
Did you hear that?
- - Ben.
Come on.
Megumi?
Megumi.
Police said Megumiīs funeral will be tomorrow.
Sheīll be cremated.
And then we can go home.
Jane!Jane.
Whatīs the matter?
- - Ben?
Ben, what is it, baby?
- I had a dream. I had a dream. - Oh.
- Was it a bad dream? - Just a dream.
Ben?
- - Ben? Ben!
Ben!
Ben, itīs-- Ben!
- -
Ben! Ben! Stop! No!
Please! Ben! Ben!
Oh, my God! Oh!
- Ben? -
Ben?
Get out! Leave us alone!
Do you hear me?
- -
Aaah! Help me!
Oh, God! He left you because he never loved you!
Ben!
Oh!
Oh! I got you.
- Have a safe flight. - Thank you.
- Bye. - Take care.
Hey. Iīm back.
Janie? I got the cheesecake.
Whatīs goinī on?
Where did you get those?
Stop.
- I said stop,Jane. - What happened?
What did you do to that girl?
- Honey, itīs not what you-- - What did you do to her?
Baby, you donīt know what it was like.
She was crazy.
Janie, I didnīt know what to do. She wouldnīt stop.
Adam said he had some pills.
Uh, like sleeping pills. Just a little bit stronger.
One drink. I just wanted to say that Iīm sorry.
- Kanpai. - Kanpai.
All we were gonna do is take pictures.
Then, if she wouldnīt stop, I could use them against her.
I could show them to people at work, show them to her mother.
It sounded okay when we talked about it.
- Ben. - Come on.
- Just let me get a light. - Come on. What are you waiting for?
- Ben? - Come on, man! Take the picture.
- Donīt leave us hanginīhere. - Ben?
- Hey, hey, hey. Easy.
- Itīs all right. - Itīs fun. Donīt worry about it.
Hey, itīs okay. Yeah, donīt worry about it. Itīs fine.
- - You kiss a cheek too.
- Ben. - That look good?
No, no, no, no. Weīre good. Weīre good right here.
- Great pills. -
Did you get this?
Come on. Where you goinī?
- Ben. Ben! - Where you goinī, man? Come on.
Letīs do it on the floor.
- Yeah, you got her? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sheīs strong.
- Aah! Thatīs a girl. - Adam, hold her down.
- Ben! -
- Donīt struggle! -
Janie, I know it was wrong.
I know I shouldīve done something. But I didnīt touch that girl.
- What? - I didnīt touch her. I just took the pictures.
- It was Adam and Bruno who took that thing way too far. - Thatīs why she killed them!
But not me.
It was a warning.
She wanted me to see the man that she knew.
She was trying to help me.
- Jane, Iīm a different person. - How?
How does forgetting something like that make you a different man?
- Jane. - And the sick thing is, you could.
You could live with this.
Janie.Jane!
You donīt understand. The woman was crazy.
Letīs just take a deep breath here.
Letīs just take a moment. Wait.
- I said wait, goddamn it! - Wait for what?
What can you say that will change anything?
I gotta go. I need--
I need time to think.
No, I donīt.
I wonīt spend my life with you.
Jane.Jane, donīt leave me.
Donīt leave me!
Jane! Donīt leave me with her!
This is what you wanted, right?
You and me.
Together forever.
Where are you?
Sheīs gone.
This is what you wanted, isnīt it? Isnīt it?
Honey,you gotta get that looked at.
I think I tweaked something back there.
- Look at you. You look like an old man. - I know, I know.
Sheīs been with us all along.
Get off!. Get off of me!
- -