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Synopsis
In "Kaidan," Iki fuses conventional and contemporary technologies to produce a film that captures the sensations and sounds of a sweltering Japanese summer, including the drone of cicadas. The story unfolds within a backdrop of monochrome photographs depicting a Shinto shrine, a summer landscape, and a traditional Japanese house. Computer-generated imagery brings to life a mysterious little girl and her ghostly frog companion. Rather than instilling fear, the apparition in the tale comes across as merely peculiar. The use of fisheye lenses and various visual distortions not only conveys the oppressive heat but also hints that the frog may be a product of the young protagonist's imagination.
