赫本和纪梵希的合照

本作以剑道高手的青年·甚太为主人公，描写了从江户到平成的漫长岁月里人与鬼的关系。江户时代，山间的村落葛野有被称为“何时姬”的巫女。担任巫女护卫的甚太，某天在前往任务的森林中，遇到了述说着遥远未来的不可思议的鬼——。A group of immigrants (Pandi, Murugan, Afsal and Kumar) are detained by the local state police, tortured and forced to admit to a crime they have no knowledge of. When all hope seems to be lost, a policeman from their hometown speaks on their behalf at the court hearing, setting them free. The policeman asks for a return favor and the boys oblige, oblivious to the ill fate that...。