An actor named Kosuke plays the role of Iemon in a stage version of Yotsuya Kaiden and his new lover Miyuki plays Oiwa. However, as they delve deeper into their respective performances, the line between fantasy and reality becomes obscured until the murderous, vengeful themes of the play bleed into their own relationship.
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| Directing | Takashi Miike | Director |
| Writing | Kikumi Yamagishi | Screenplay |
| Production | Misako Saka | Producer |
| Camera | Nobuyasu Kita | Director of Photography |
| Art | Yuji Hayashida | Art Direction |
| Art | Eri Sakushima | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isao Tsuge | Costume Design |
| Sound | Kenji Shibasaki | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Kaori Ohtagaki | Visual Effects Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isao Tsuge | Hair Designer |
| Sound | Koji Endo | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Kenji Yamashita | Editor |
| Production | Shigeyuki Endō | Executive Producer |
| Production | Naoya Kinoshita | Executive Producer |
| Production | Toshiaki Nakazawa | Executive Producer |
| Production | Toshiaki Okuno | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hengameh Panahi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yi-Wan Ren | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nobuyuki Tanizawa | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nobuyuki Tohya | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kensuke Zushi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tomoyuki Imai | Line Producer |