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After relaxing in the hot spring hotel for a night, the crew started the intense filming.

The film uses a mixed shooting method. It tells the story of two girls who come here and travel in the modern city during the day, but when they fall asleep at night, they dream that they have transformed into the two artists in ancient times and move in the ancient villages and towns. And even in dreams, they clearly retain their consciousness, as if they return to the modern times when they wake up during the day and travel back to the ancient times when they fall asleep at night.

I have to say that this setting is quite interesting. Through the time travel and intersection between modern and ancient times, the audience and the two heroines gradually reveal the truth of this legend. Although it is not a popular drama in terms of subject matter, it can at least be regarded as a masterpiece of outstanding quality.

Of course, when the two protagonists travel back and forth in time, the identities of other people will also change. The uncle who farmed in ancient times may be the owner of a small store in modern times. And the officers who chased them may also be patrolmen from the police station. Among these people, only the girl played by Duanmu Huai remains consistent and has not changed at all.

So in the early stage of the movie, this character is actually used to confuse the audience, making the audience mistakenly think that she is an important plot NPC. Then in the middle of the plot, when the girl played by Duanmu Huai rescued the two girls, the audience would mistakenly think that this is a good ghost.

It was not until the last two girls revealed the truth of the legend that Duanmu Huai pushed them into the lake and drowned them.

Hmm? You said that the truth was revealed, why were they still killed?

This is the difference between Japanese horror movies and those in other countries.

Chinese horror movies are all about evil not being able to defeat good. No matter if you are a zombie or a female ghost, if you meet my Taoist monk with righteousness, I can beat you to death with the power of heaven and earth, and you will never be reborn. It is about a good reward for good, evil for evil, and a debt for a grievance.

European and American horror movies are more about the dualism of good and evil, with demons persecuting humans and angels saving humans. Only by believing in gods can you be saved, and not believing in gods will only lead to death.

But Japanese horror movies are completely different.

It doesn't matter if you have a grudge or not, it doesn't matter if you believe in God or not, it doesn't matter if you have a relationship with me or not, as long as I target you, you will die.

It's that simple, who will reason with you?

This is the biggest difference between Japanese horror movies and those in other countries.

Horror stories in other places all emphasize that a good person will be rewarded. In most horror stories in China, the protagonist sees someone pitiful at the beginning of the story and helps him. Then when he encounters an evil ghost, the latter appears as a master, saying that you helped me once, and I will help you once. This is a good person will be rewarded.

In Japanese horror stories, if the protagonist sees someone pitiful at the beginning of the story and helps him, then - most of them will be deceived and entangled by the evil ghost, and then die.

So what does such a story want to tell people? Probably don't make trouble for no reason.

No wonder the Japanese are so indifferent to outsiders.

By the way, the female ghost played by Duanmu Huai this time is a relatively anti-traditional image. After all, the first impression of Japanese female ghosts is that they have long hair covering their faces and look down at the ground. This time, the ghost played by Duanmu Huai has a bob haircut, which looks no different from an ordinary girl in modern times. She doesn't look like a ghost at all.

It's completely different from the ghosts in other horror movies that give people a very weird feeling.

Of course, without this external condition, the acting skills of the actors are required to be high. Like Sadako and Kayako, let alone anything else, just their appearance in the haunted house makes people feel scared.

And if Sadako and Kayako dress up like ordinary girls, then if you want to make the audience feel scared, you need superb acting skills and momentum.

Fortunately, this is also what Duanmu Huai is best at.

The whole movie plot revolves around Duanmu Huai and the two heroines. It can even be said that the two heroines are the top priority. Although the role played by Duanmu Huai is very important in the script, it is actually more than ordinary supporting roles in the camera. Everyone is professional, so it is naturally easy to shoot.

"………………CUT! OK, this scene is over!"

As the director's voice sounded, Kurokawa Akane and Sakurajima Mai, who were standing in the camera panting, also breathed a sigh of relief and then came to the side to rest. Duanmu Huai also came over at this time and waved to the two.

"Yo, you've worked hard, it feels good."

Shooting horror movies requires high acting skills. Although in the movie, the audience sees only the protagonist, in fact, on the set, if you want to show the fear of being alone under the watch of 20 or 30 people, you really can't do it without some acting skills.

"After all, this kind of movie is not too difficult."

Sakurajima Mai said while taking the mineral water handed by Duanmu Huai.

"I heard the director say that this movie is going to cooperate with Hakone to promote tourism?"

"Yes, otherwise Hakone would not agree to shoot so generously. By the way, Akane, what are you doing?"

Duanmu Huai looked at Kurokawa Akane sitting next to him, and then took out a notebook from his bag and flipped through it.

"I'm investigating the ghost stories about Lake Ayu in Hakone, and I want to see if I can find any clues."

"Akaon, you're really interested in this kind of thing."

Hearing Kurokawa Akane's answer, Mai Sakurajima was full of emotion.

"It's almost like a police investigation."

"Ah hahaha, I have read similar books before, maybe I am really good at this."

"But those strange rumors are probably all fabricated. If you ask me, they have no credibility at all."

Although she plays a timid girl in the movie, Sakurajima Mai doesn't seem to believe that ghosts exist at all.

"Hmm...I think it's different."

"Not quite the same?"

"Yes."

While turning the pen in his hand, Kurokawa Akane spoke.

"I think the rumors about ghost stories can be roughly divided into two types."

"Childhood sweethearts and sneaky cats?"

"???Xiao Ai, what are you talking about???"

"Nothing, I'll just talk about it, you continue."

Maybe I was brainwashed by Yanami too.

"...Well, to put it simply, I think ghost stories can be divided into creative ones and true stories."

"Aren't ghost stories all created ghost stories? How can there be real stories?"

Mai Sakurajima took a sip of mineral water and asked in disbelief, while Akane Kurokawa shook her head.

"This is different. Creation-type weird stories are basically the kind of stories that I heard from my friends' friends. They have no credibility."

"Isn't that what most weird stories are like?"

"But there are also cases where it's not true. For example...someone said that when he was sleeping at night, he suddenly opened his eyes and found that he could not move. Then he found an old lady looking at him beside the bed, and then he fainted from fright. When he woke up, he had already It's morning."

"This kind of story is quite common. I have heard similar stories from people in school."

Duanmu Huai also interjected at this time.

"Yes, but this is not actually a created ghost story."

"Doesn't it count?"

"Yes, from this story, we only know that the narrator woke up while sleeping, and then saw an old lady, and then lost consciousness again. After waking up, he never saw the old lady again. But what exactly was that old lady? Man, we don't know. Is it a ghost? Or is it even possible? The narrator did not wake up at all, but he had a dream within a dream. We think this is a strange story because our first instinct is to think that the old lady is a ghost. But whether the old lady is a ghost or not depends on whether the narrator is sleeping. We have no way of knowing whether we are confused or something strange has really happened.”

"……………………"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai and Sakurajima Mai looked at each other and couldn't help but think of puberty syndrome. From a certain perspective, puberty syndrome is very much in line with what Kurokawa Akane calls "true stories and ghost stories."

It sounds like there is no explanation, but it does exist, but I don’t know why it exists. It’s just that after everyone hears this story, they will interpret it from their own perspective.

"I'm not used to thinking about these difficult things."

Duanmuhuai gave up thinking first. He hated philosophical topics the most. At this moment, the director's voice sounded again.

"Okay, let's get ready to start filming the 125th scene!"

After everyone finished shooting, it was already evening. The crew members stayed behind to pack their things, while Duanmuhuai walked down the mountain with the two of them.

"The mountains look really weird at night."

Sakurajima Mai raised her head, looked at the dim mountain road in front of her, and whispered, while Kurokawa Akane nodded.

"The records I looked at showed that this mountain was once called the Sacred Mountain, and many people disappeared in this mountain. The records I investigated before also showed that people in that village disappeared on this mountain. "

"...I hope we don't encounter any corpses."

At this moment, fog had begun to appear all around, and the three of them didn't pay much attention to it at first. After all, the people here had already told them that there might be fog here in the evening. The same is true for the previous few days of filming, so the director usually announces the disbandment at this time.

But things seem a little different today.

"………………be careful."

Duanmu Huai, who was walking in front, stopped and stared at the fog in front of him with his eyes narrowed. Seeing his reaction, Sakurajima Mai and Kurokawa Akane were stunned for a moment.

"Is there any problem? Xiao Ai?"

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

Duanmuhuai signaled the two of them to stop talking, and then looked around.

"Something's wrong."

"Something's wrong?"

"Can't hear anything."

Duanmuhuai looked around again. However, at this moment, the dense fog made it almost impossible to see his fingers. He could only barely see the mountain road in front of him clearly, and could not clearly see the trees further away. Not only that, the surroundings were completely silent, with neither the chirping of birds nor the chirping of insects, as if there were only the three of them left in the world.

"Wait, what's going on?"

At this moment, Sakurajima Mai hurriedly took out her mobile phone, and then couldn't help but screamed in a low voice.

"What's wrong?"

"My cell phone has no signal..."

"Me too."

Kurokawa Akane also quickly took out his mobile phone and took a look, as did Duanmu Huai. Here, their mobile phones were completely "outside the circle" and there was no signal at all.

"Excuse me...Is anyone over there...?"

Just then, a faint girl's voice suddenly came from not far away. Hearing this voice, Mai Sakurajima and Akane Kurokawa both breathed a sigh of relief and hurried over to check the situation, but were caught by Duanmu Huai.

"Stay with me, don't leave."

"Ah... um..."

Although Duanmu Huai looked a little serious, the two still nodded obediently. After all, they all knew that although Duanmu Huai looked petite, her martial arts value was outstanding, and she even had the ability to kill a bear with bare hands. Following her was obviously the safest way.

So the two followed Duanmu Huai and walked towards the place where the voice came from.

The winding mountain road was very difficult to walk, and because of the fog, the three of them also took some time to get close to the hazy figure in the fog. On one side of the mountain road, a girl in a yukata was sitting on the ground, looking around anxiously. She looked about 13 or 14 years old.

Duanmu Huai and the other three came forward and helped the girl up, and the latter was relieved and bowed her head in greeting.

"Thank you very much for your help..."

While speaking, the girl looked at the three curiously.

"My name is Chaoyun Acorus, and I am a resident here. Are you three... travelers from outside?"

"Yeah, almost. By the way, why are you here alone?"

"I don't know..."

Faced with Duanmu Huai's question, the girl named Chaoyun Acorus frowned slightly.

"When I came to my senses, I was already here... But this should be near my family's shrine. If possible, please come to my house."

"Ah, um..."

Faced with the girl's invitation, the three did not refuse, but still looked at each other in confusion.

Is there a shrine nearby?

Chaoyun Ayame has difficulty walking, she said she was born like this. As for the fog, Chaoyun Ayame said that fog often appears around the shrine, but she has difficulty walking and rarely goes out. As for why she appeared here, Chaoyun Ayame has no memory at all.

As she spoke, the fog in front of her gradually became thinner. When the four people walked out of the fog, they saw the winding mountain road and the shrine torii not far away. A ray of morning sun emerged from behind the mountain, illuminating the scenery in front of them.

Wait, morning sun?

It was evening when I went down the mountain!

"Xiao Ai, look over there...!"

Just when Duanmu Huai was puzzled, suddenly Sakurajima Mai's face changed slightly, pulled Duanmu Huai's sleeve, and pointed to the foot of the mountain not far away.

Duanmu Huai lowered his head and looked in the direction of Sakurajima Mai's finger. He saw patches of green farmland and wooden houses at the foot of the mountain, and people came and went on the dirt road from time to time. However…the clothes these people wore were not those of modern people, but more like those of characters in period dramas.

“…………………Where have they taken us?”

It must be said that even Duanmu Huai was stunned at this moment.