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　　一晚，三位姊妹潛入一位參議員的家，欲偷走他透過賄賂得來的錢。進行到一半時，她們聽見地下室傳來奇怪的聲音，決定前往調查。她們發現一位看似受到殘忍虐待的女孩被綁在床上。　　這個半身不遂的女孩請求她們救她，她們也決定幫她。但她們不知道的是，這個女孩並不是受到虐待，而是被一個強大的黑暗力量附身，它將打開另一個世界的大門。

　　2003年，福冈市的一所市立小学，发生了一起老师欺凌学生的恶性事件。一名男性教师以种族歧视为由，对“有美国人血统”的四年级学生处处找碴，施行恶毒的语言暴力和残酷的体罚。该学生的家长对教师提起民事诉讼，550名律师自发组成原告律师团。福冈市教育委员会也对教师做出了停职处罚。行为如此恶劣的教师堪称罕见，经《周刊文春》《朝日新闻》等主流媒体报导，引起轩然大波，涉案教师被冠上“史上最恶劣的‘杀人教师’”的名号；但欺凌事件真的发生了吗？随着调查的深入，事件发生了惊人的逆转……　　影片改编自记者福田真澄2007年出版的一本书，名为《捏造：福冈“杀人老师”的真相》。

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

　　A skilled magician recruits an unlikely team for a daring heist to acquire a valuable gem. As they navigate their intertwined histories and escalating stakes, they must master deception, confront vulnerabilities.