Synopsis

After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, Yukari Kamo volunteers to help survivors while hiding her ability to sense other people's emotions. She meets Chihiro Moritani, a troubled teenager with multiple personalities. As disturbing incidents mount, Yukari discovers that Chihiro's thirteenth personality, Isola, may be an independent and dangerous presence.

Factoids & Trivia

• The film is based on Yusuke Kishi's novel "Jusanbanme no Persona, Isola," first published in 1996.

• Kishi's novel received an honorable mention at the third Japan Horror Story Awards in 1997.

• The story uses the aftermath of the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake as both a setting and a source of psychological trauma.

• Released theatrically in Japan on January 22, 2000, the 94-minute film was distributed by Toho.

• In Japan, it was presented as a double feature with "Ring 0: Birthday."

• The film opened in third place at the Japanese box office.

• An English-subtitled Region 1 home-video release followed in the United States in 2005.