INTRODUCTION: Based on Shigemizu Takasaki's comic book series, "Mail" is the latest cinematic adaptation from the Kadokawa Horror publishing label that brought us mega-hits "Ring" (1998), "Dark...

INTRODUCTION: Based on Shigemizu Takasaki's comic book series, "Mail" is the latest cinematic adaptation from the Kadokawa Horror publishing label that brought us mega-hits "Ring" (1998), "Dark Water" (2002), and "One Missed Call" (2003). Told through nine short episodes, the film follows psychic Detective Akiba (Takamasa Suga) and his enigmatic 19 year-old female assistant, Mikoto ("Kill Bill's" Chiaki Kuriyama), as they root out and release the restless spirits that terrorize this world. Each episode is centered around an ascension of the spirits, taken from a chapter of the comic book. STORY: The Kadokawa Horror Cinema series presents "Mail", an intriguing series of journeys into the realm of restless spirits, psychic phenomena, and hidden desires. Inquisitive detective Akiba and his assistant Mikoto (Chiaki Kuriyama of Tarantino's "Kill Bill Vol. 1") are in the business of facilitating "ascensions"--the transmigrations of souls beyond the earthly plane. In the process, however, they are destined to learn more about the long-forgotten and heavily suppressed past than ever could be imagined. Layered and complex, the shroud of mystery surrounding the true bond between Akiba and Mikoto slowly begins to unravel, as Mail spirals to its spell-binding conclusion.