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Japan's Map of Grudges!! Investigation: The Curse of Sugisawa Village (2001) · 日本怨念地図検証!!杉沢村の呪い

Name: Japan's Map of Grudges!! Investigation: The Curse of Sugisawa Village
Director: Koji Shiraishi
Genre: found footage
Released: 2001
Duration: 85 min

Original title: 日本怨念地図検証!!杉沢村の呪い

2001 · Koji Shiraishi · 85 min · Japan

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Explores the strange similarities between two cases: The Sugisawa village incident, which is said to have killed all the villagers by one young man, and the Tsuyama incident, which is known as a model for "Hachihakamura."

Koji ShiraishiDirector

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Japan's Map of Grudges!! Investigation: The Curse of Sugisawa Village (2001) · 日本怨念地図検証!!杉沢村の呪い

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