Katasumi (; In a Corner) and 4444444444 (Ten Fours) are two 1998 short Japanese horror films both directed by Takashi Shimizu, forerunners to the Ju-on series. Plots Scratch 1: Katasumi The story of two school girls Hisayo Yoshida and Kanna Murikami who have the task of caring for and feeding their school's pet rabbits. They are sweeping out the cages and feeding the rabbits when Kanna suddenly cuts her hand, and Hisayo leaves her to go into the school and fetch a bandage. When she returns, Kanna is nowhere to be found, the rabbit cages are empty, and bits of blood and fur are strewn about. Hisayo then sees something that looks like a crawling woman (Kayako Saeki) begin to move towards her from the far side of the backyard. As she backs into a corner, she finds the body of Kanna amongst the debris from the damaged rabbit cages. She holds a trowel up defensively in front of herself while Kayako closes in upon her. Kanna then moves her bloody, jawless head, and looks on as the frightened Hisayo cowers in the corner and waits. The screen fades to black and Hisayo's fate is left ambiguous. 4444444444 4444444444 opens with a young man (revealed to be named Tsuyoshi Murakami in the first Ju-on film) riding his bicycle home. As he rounds a corner in front of an apparently abandoned house, he begins to hear a cell phone ringing, though he cannot see it. He hunts through a garbage pile next to the darkened entrance to the building, finding the phone after several rings. Upon closer examination, the phone is displaying an incoming call from the number 4444444444 (the number "4" is symbolic of bad luck in many Asian cultures, a phenomenon that is known as tetraphobia). Tsuyoshi answers the phone only to hear rasping, cat-like sounds issue from the earpiece. After unsuccessfully attempting to communicate with the unknown caller, he hangs up. Seconds later, the phone rings again, and again he answers. Tsuyoshi is getting frustrated at this point, and begins to look a little worried, as though someone might be playing a joke on him. As he sits on the steps in front of the deserted house, he continues to try to identify the caller. Looking around nervously, he asks, "Are you... Watching me?" Suddenly, a voice replies, "I am", though it does not come from the phone.