Three American late teens travel to Japan to escape a sad past and have some fun but end up trapped in a house with a demented Japanese host family who plans to offer them to their gods in a sick ancient Japanese ritual.
Kenta Osaka, Hirohito Takimoto
Director
Diana G.
Sarah
Alex Derycz
John
Will Harrell
Spencer
Miyatani
Father of the House
Kumi Yuuki
Grandmother
Umiyushi
Ayumu (Older Brother)
Karin Tokushige
Chie (Daughter)
Kanta Nonaka
Twin Brother Cop 1
Yuuki Kawashima
Twin Brother Cop 2
Ai Namura
Mr. Hotani (Neighbor)
Hideki Yanayi
Hideki (Neighbor's Son)
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