: The film follows a single mother named Kotoko who suffers from double vision and severe hallucinations. She sees two versions of every person—one "real" and one "evil"—which leads her into a spiral of self-harm and protective paranoia over her infant son.

While the filename itself sounds cryptic, it has gained a small degree of internet notoriety within niche film and "lost media" circles due to its poetic name and the intense, disturbing nature of the content it contains. The Origins: Shinya Tsukamoto’s KOTOKO

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: The contrast between the word "Joy" and the graphic nature of the film creates a "cursed image" effect for those who stumble upon the file.