S-94 2009

Set in 2010 Japan, a deadly virus has decimated the population, leaving only a few survivors. In a secluded underground bunker, two women, Mai and Ice, struggle to endure the new reality: Mai remains hopeful about the future and the possibility of carrying on the species, while Ice is overwhelmed by despair and fears dying alone.

After Mai discovers Ice unconscious following a suicide attempt, she uses a radio to try to reach the outside world, hoping someone will answer their call for help. The desperate act to contact help underlines the fragile line between survival and isolation, and the tension inside the bunker grows as fear and fatigue erode trust between the two women. The atmosphere tightens into a claustrophobic mood, where small gestures carry outsized weight and every decision feels like a matter of life and death.

The attempt to reach the world does not alter the grim circumstances, and a violent rift erupts when Ice attacks with the tube of a gas mask, aiming to kill both of them in a final bid for control and release from the dire situation.

A man responds to the radio, and Mai brings him into the shelter. The newcomer is Shuma, a survivor who carries antibodies that allow him to breathe the open air without immediate danger. He is welcomed into the underground refuge, and Ice, resentful toward Mai’s decision to bring him in, initiates sex with Shuma with the intent of murdering him. She succeeds in killing him and also kills Mai afterward, leaving the bunker to a new, disturbing power dynamic.

Ice then finds herself surrounded by shirtless men in the bunker, and Shuma suddenly jumps at her, shouting that those are “the new types.”

“the new types”

The situation spirals further as the group’s brittle order collapses, and the film closes on a stark, brutal note: Ice is cannibalized by the others, marking a grim end to the survivors’ attempt at coexistence and forcing a reckoning with what humanity looks like when infection, fear, and scarcity rewrite social rules.