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Stars: Mutsuo Yoshioka, Seiichi Kohinata, Hana Amano, Junpei Yasui, Koji Seki, Giko | Written and Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

With a lengthy filmography under his belt, Kiyoshi Kurosawa has made himself known as an exciting director with many contributions to Japanese horror. Three of his films are currently slated for release in 2024, yet it will be a surprise if either of the remaining two are stronger works than Chime.

In order to support his family, former chef Takuji Matsuoka (Mutsuo Yoshioka) has taken up a teaching job for the time being. While he aims to fill his classrooms with a calming atmosphere, that is disrupted by the strange actions of a student, Tashiro (Seiichi Kohinata). Acting as though he is in a trance, the student claims that he can hear a chime which he desperately wishes to escape the grasp of. Soon enough, Matsuoka also begins hearing the chime.

As the inverse to Matsuoka’s classrooms,...

Shuichi Sonoda (Mario Kuroba) works as an editor for a small publishing company and lives together with his girlfriend, Rina Kiyokawa (Moeka Hoshi). Shuichi dreams of becoming a novelist, but he is so busy with his daily work that he has given up on his dream. Rina had been fired from several part-time jobs due to her shy personality, and is now unemployed and dependent on Shuichi. One day, Shuichi meets Kyoko Aizawa, his senior in high school and an editor at a major publishing company. While talking with her about the past, Shuichi lies to her that he is still writing novels, and within a short period of one month, he enters a contest held by Kyoko’s publishing company aiming for a newcomer award. In the meantime, Shuichi’s colleague at his publishing company quits and Shuichi takes over the assignment of Yoichi Nishikawa (Junpei Yasui), a successful commentator.