Yukio finds herself caught up in one of those mother-daughter relationships that just never seems to work out well in the end and ends up sending Mama-san to The Other Side. While she may've found living with her mother nigh intolerable, living with her CORPSE doesn't seem to bother her overmuch- in the beginning; but, when Mother starts once again to haunt her every waking moment, Yukio begins to crack under the pressure and finally does a nosedive off of her 13th-floor balcony. Sayaka moves in; jumps; sister Mariko moves in, is haunted by the malevolent Mama-san, and finds and reads a book about Yukio and her mother. The measured pacing is never a problem (at least, not for those of us whose attention span hasn't been hardwired by a lifetime spent watching start-and-stop Commercial Television) and the twist that Mariko is spared because she still lives with her mom is vintage Asain Horror plotting.
Review of Apartment 1303
