Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the family carries the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, he brushes it off as silly superstition. After a series of mysterious deaths, however, the townspeople begin to grow restless, and Akira must confront the truth about Miki and her family.

1997 film by Naoto Takenaka

20世纪初，明治政府加大足尾地区铜矿开采力度，却对当地的生态环境造成难以挽回的巨大影响。曾经山清水秀的谷中村变成了铜毒蔓延的死地，当地村民更面临着背井离乡的惨景。贫苦农家女孩新田幸（尾野真千子 饰）经哥哥信吉（冈田义德 饰）和为足尾矿毒奔走呼吁的政治家田中正造（柄本明 饰）介绍，前往东京为热衷于民主事业的干练女性福田英子（铃木保奈美 饰）担任女佣。途中阿幸遭遇警察官员日下部锭太郎（松重丰 饰），后者命其监视英子及其朋友们的言行，并将有社会主义倾向的言论记录汇报给他。抱持着种种不安的心情，阿幸来到英子的家中，并结识了主人的情人石川三四郎（北村有起哉 饰）、落魄文人石川啄木（渡边大 饰）等形色各异的人。
乱世之始，来自足尾的女孩见证着眼前风云变幻的一切……

1962 film directed by Kenji Misumi

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.