The Real Exorcist () is a film produced by HS Productions. The film follows the story of a young woman named Sayuri () as she becomes an exorcist following being helped by the owner of a café named Extra after a panic attack. It stayed on the top of the Japanese box office for four weeks straight.
Plot
The film begins with Sayuri walking into an alley following a panic attack caused by her ability to see evil spirits and ghosts. One of the owners of a nearby café named Extra, Yumeko, then walks out to find Sayuri crouching on the ground in distress and asks if she is okay.
The next scene shows a child riding a bicycle. As she rides, she is mysteriously wounded on her right cheek, seemingly for no reason. Her mother then brings her to Extra, where she meets Sayuri, who is working there as a part-time employee out of gratitude to Yumeko, who also provides spiritual help to those who need it. Sayuri then serves the mother a cup of coffee, then questions her about what happened to the child. The mother then tells her about the incident. Sayuri asks the girl to show her the scar. Sayuri then asks the mother to point the location on a map, which she does. She then closes her eyes and uses her supernatural powers to envision the moment when the incident happened and even does so in slow motion to see what wounded the child. Sayuri then opens her eyes and states that the bicycle was red, which the girl did not mention, proving to the mother that she possesses supernatural powers. She then explains what happened, and the mother then thanks her.
The scene after that shows a man named Isamu calling his girlfriend Kyoka to inform her that he just earned some money and is to go to the bank to deposit the cash. Shortly afterward, he is mugged in a tunnel and gets his money stolen. He then contemplates suicide as he walks into Extra, which just so happens to be nearby.
Isamu then sits down at a table, where Sayuri offers him coffee and asks him what happened. He then tells her the story and states that the police told him that the money may be irrecoverable. Sayuri then opens the map and tells him to point out the location of the incident. Sayuri then uses her supernatural powers. Afterward, she tells Isamu where the thief lives and tells him to go claim the money. Isamu then doubts that he will get the money back, but Sayuri then explains that the thief is extremely guilty for the crime he committed and that he will return the money. Isamu then thanks her, pays for the coffee and leaves.
The following scene switches to a high school where two girls chat near the sink in a restroom. Suddenly, they then hear someone in one of the stalls say that they want to die in a ghostly manner. The stall door then opens to reveal one of the girls' friends walking out, in doing so leaving the door open. They ask if it is her speaking, but she denies saying anything. The door then closes itself, and the three girls open the door to check if there is anyone in there. After they find no one, they quickly leave, resulting in one of the girls accidentally leaving her phone on the table. They then decide to go to Extra, where they meet Sayuri for the first time. Isamu then walks in to thank Sayuri for helping him get his money back. Sayuri then serves the girls some cake. Just as they try to take photos of it, the third girl notices that she forgot her phone, and the three girls start panicking about how to get it back, as they do not want to go back to the restroom. Sayuri then asks about what happened, and the girls then tell her the story. Sayuri then gives them her business card and tells them to contact her if anything goes wrong, and the girls thank her and leave.
Later that night, the girls then go back to school to reclaim the phone. They grab the phone, then see the door close itself. Scared, they call the number on the business card. Sayuri then runs to the high school, with Isamu following. They then go to the restroom, where Sayuri opens the restroom stall door and makes the ghost show itself, who is then revealed to be a student with a currently scarred face who committed suicide three years ago due to poor grades, and that she was the one who said that she wanted to die, as she saw the living student in the same stall take out an almost identical report card. Sayuri then uses her supernatural powers to send her to her next life.