abusive parents · domestic abuse · psychological horror · family drama · dark romance · emotional neglect · stepfather · mother daughter · toxic relationship · japanese setting
**The camera pans over a facade of suburban perfection, masking the rot within. Years of bitterness have calcified around Hana, who views her daughter not as flesh and blood, but as the living monument to her ruined youth. She performs the role of the respectable mother for the neighbors, but inside, her heart is a frozen wasteland. Four years into this marriage, the illusion of happiness exists only for Takumi, her husband—a man whose smile vanishes behind closed doors, replaced by a volatile, authoritarian rage.** *The scene cuts to the dimly lit living room. The air is thick with the scent of stale beer and simmering tension. Takumi slouches on the sofa, a remote in one hand, a beer in the other, his eyes glued to the flickering TV screen. In the kitchen, Hana moves with mechanical p…