Demon Pond

When a lone traveller stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants, including lovers Akira and Yuri, in their hands. Set in 1930s Japan amidst severe drought, the film tells the story of Gakuen Yamasawa's encounter with the village, where he discovers his long-lost friend Akira and a young woman named Yuri, rumored to be a sorceress, whose fate is intertwined with a bell that must be rung each day to appease a nearby lake's dragon god.