Shirome (film)

Plot

Director Kōji Shiraishi plans to film an episode for a Japanese television program, featuring members of the singing and dancing ensemble Momoiro Clover (then known simply as Momoiro Clover). The program involves minor celebrity guests investigating haunted houses and mysterious locales to determine the truth about paranormal phenomena. The members are asked to visit an abandoned school containing a shrine to a minor kami called Shirome, which takes the form of a painting that may depict a butterfly or the entity's face. Local legend holds that if Shirome is asked to grant a wish, he will do so only if the requester is completely sincere in both request and belief.

A frivolous or unbelieving wish will cause Shirome to destroy the person through fatal accident, suicide, or insanity. The girls visit the shrine and wish for a chance to appear on a nationwide television broadcast. Immediately, chaotic disturbances occur, and a large, white-eyed being is briefly seen near them. Their subsequent entertainment career brings great popularity and commercial success, but a disturbing video clip taken after a high-profile concert suggests their success may have been ill-advised and that they face dire consequences, possibly including the loss of their souls.