Séance 2000

Koji Sato is a mild-mannered sound technician who is married to Junko Sato, a waitress with powerful psychic abilities. These abilities allow her to see and communicate with spirits, but they intrude on her day-to-day life and complicate her ability to hold a regular job. She hopes to build a business around her talents, yet she faces a skeptical world and a difficult path to prove herself.

Through Hayasaka, a young graduate student in psychology, she is drawn into a study of the paranormal, eager to demonstrate her skill as a medium. This collaboration pulls her into the orbit of a police investigation into a kidnapping case, a deranged ex-cop at the center of the crime, and the pressure to show that the unbelievable can be real.

A strange twist of fate occurs when the kidnapped girl escapes and ends up inside Koji’s equipment case, a detail neither Koji nor the authorities anticipate. When the couple later discovers the unconscious child at their home, they decide to keep her hidden, hoping to shelter her while Junko subtly guides the police to the girl. The plan is to use the situation to validate Junko’s abilities in the eyes of the public and to shield themselves from accusations of involvement.

The sequence of events quickly spirals out of control. An accident shatters the fragile balance they built, and the child’s death forces Koji and Junko to confront the consequences of their actions. They scramble to cover up what happened while grappling with guilt, fear, and the lingering, unsettled presence of the girl’s spirit that haunts their home.

Meanwhile, the investigation intensifies, with Sato, a detective, tracing the case and weighing the legitimacy of Junko’s talents against the stubborn reality of what occurred. As the police close in and the haunting grows more tangible, Koji and Junko must navigate a web of ethical decisions, personal risk, and the toll of a choice that blurred the line between belief and reality. The climax leaves a disturbing aftertaste, a reminder of how easily curiosity can collide with tragedy and how the realm of the unseen can rearrange ordinary lives in unsettling ways.