It stars Kōji Yakusho, Jun Fubuki and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and follows the married couple of Koji and Junko, the latter being a psychic that can communicate with spirits.
Koji Sato (Kōji Yakusho) is a mild-mannered sound technician who is married to Junko (Jun Fubuki), a waitress who possesses powerful psychic abilities.
When Hayakawa (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), a young graduate student in psychology, invites her into a study of the paranormal, she leaps at the ability to demonstrate her skill as a medium.
But through a bizarre coincidence, the young girl escapes her captor and takes refuge in Koji's equipment case, unbeknownst to him.
When the couple discover the unconscious child at their home, they devise a plan to keep her hidden, while Junko gradually leads the police to her.
Director and co-writer Kiyoshi Kurosawa was approached by the Kansai Telecasting Corporation with the idea of adapting Mark McShane's novel Seance on a Wet Afternoon.
Derek Elley of Variety wrote, "Seance, made for TV but looking just fine on the bigscreen, will please the cult director’s fans and maybe make some more as well.
[3] Nicholas Rucka of Midnight Eye agreed, writing, "Suffice it to say that while Séance is not as strong as Cure, in my book, it is a good piece and certainly better than most of the recent horror fare in Japan and abroad.