Zenitendo is a mysterious candy store that only lucky people can reach. All the candy recommended by Beniko, the owner of the store, is perfectly suited to the buyer's troubles. However, it depends on whether the candy will be used or eaten correctly that it can bring happiness or misfortune.
Acting
Yuki Amami's deliciously enigmatic shopkeeper—warm, cryptic, slightly terrifying.
Production
Zenitendo itself: a perfect fever-dream of nostalgic sweets and subtle wrongness.
Director
Hideo Nakata
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hideo Nakata directed the original Ringu (1998), so this family fantasy carries subtle J-horror DNA in its atmosphere.
The 'dagashi' tradition—cheap nostalgic candies—grounds the supernatural premise in genuine Japanese working-class childhood memory, making the moral stakes feel personal rather than abstract.
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