蟲たちの家

Synopsis

Short stories collection full of darkness, the characters' daily lives are turned upside down overnight, while anxiety makes them gradually sinking into madness. For example the story of a woman that, after fleeing her violent husband, suddenly believe she is an insect; another story narrates of a devoted wife living in terror after being caught cheating on her husband; another one is centered on a man wrongly accused of the murder of his wife and daughter, who has a strange experience on the eve of his execution; or the journey of a young girl whose destiny changes when she meets two men on a beach... Mushi-tachi no Ie: A woman who enters a catatonic state after her husband attacks her thinking that she cheated on him. While in the coma she believes she gained the ability to shapeshift into different insects… a terrifying story about unstable marriages!