In an isolated prison, there are only four prisoners and a cat. One day, a power outage opens all the locks and all of the prisoners are released. However, all of the guards are nowhere to be seen and there are no exits. An extraordinary event occurs in response to an old man's strange behavior.
Direction
Ando crams feature-length dread into 24 minutes.
Cinematography
Rotoscoped humans glitch against sterile anime architecture.
Sound
The cat's footsteps are the scariest thing you'll hear.
Director
Hiroaki Ando
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Studio 4°C's 'Ani*Kuri15' project where 15 creators made one-minute shorts — this expanded version let Ando go full nightmare mode.
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