When the Night Breaks
Overview
In a bustling shopping district, a humble tailor accompanies his daughter for an afternoon out — until a trio of thugs begin harassing her in broad daylight. Unable to stay passive amidst the crowd’s indifference, he intervenes with tragic results. Two years later, having served time for excessive self-defense, he remains haunted by both the violence and the apathy of society. A veteran detective, still unsettled by the case, notices the tailor quietly providing money to the same thugs. What drives him? A modern horror tale with social undertones, adapted from Futaro Yamada’s short story “The Black Curtain,” this episode merges psychological unease, moral ambiguity, and a chilling critique of bystander indifference.
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0.0
DIRECTOR
Kazuo Kuroki
COUNTRY
Japan
RELEASE DATE
1973
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Horror
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Part of
Horror Theater Unbalance
Includes: A Mummy’s Love, A Woman Who Warns of Death, The Killing Game, Graveyard of Masks, The Woman Who Calls for Corpses, The Woman Who Took the Local Paper, When the Night Breaks, The Cat Knew, The Morgue Murderer, Order of the Salaryman, Vampire Scream, Cursed Hand from the Graveyard, Spider Woman