Jr. High School Student Wataru and his friends like playing in an abandond building and looking for ghosts. However it seems he is not the only one. Another mysterious student Mitsuru shows Wataru that there is a magical door to another world where one can go and get the Goddess of Fortune to grant one wish! When tragedy strikes Wataru's family he decides to open the door for himself.
Cinematography
Vision of Escaflowne director brings painterly otherworlds.
Writing
Deceptively simple wish premise with brutal moral math.
Score
Sweeping orchestral themes that age like fine wine.
Director
Koichi Chigira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Miyuki Miyabe's novel, which won the Batchelder Award for children's literature in translation—rare for a Japanese fantasy.
The 'wish at a price' structure deliberately echoes Japanese folklore like 'The Crane Wife,' where gratitude becomes obligation becomes tragedy.
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