Junji Ito
is a short story by manga author Junji Ito, originally included in "The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection". A one-hour Japanese television drama adaptation was broadcast in 2000. The adaptation was directed by Higuchinsky, whose film adaptation of Ito's "Uzumaki" had been released earlier the same year. The story was also adapted in the second segment of the second episode of the anime "Junji Ito Collection".