1.) She thought that if she offered to stay there with her mother, she'd get the ghosts sympathy, because she obviously had an unhealthy loyalty to her own mother, brought on by guilt. And probably also that if she could stay there with her mother, it'd prevent other girls moving in there and ending up dead.
2.) The ghost was delusional even before she died, still imagining her mother was alive. Even as a ghost she tried to please her mother, just as she did when she was alive, and partly she thought tht her mother wouldn't want anyone else to come into their apartment, and partly because she herself wanted it to be just the two of them. But we never saw any indication that the mother was haunting the place. It was the daughter all along.
3.) Either it was the ghost, or Mariko's sister wanted Mariko with her - he smile as she let go didn't seem to be hostile, but rather fond. Mariko's mother said her sister was cold and alone etc. Maybe she just wanted Mariko there.
4.) This seems like a huge plot hole, and I seriously have no explanation. I'd say that they were the ghosts of the original mother and daughter, but it makes no sense to have them obviously visible to other people in broad daylight (the boyfriend of the girl who lived in the apartment before Markiko's sister). I guess we're supposed to take it as "they were ghosts all along!" but it is kinda weak.
5.) Another plot hole, if you ask me. I honestly don't have an explanation for this, maybee it was the ghost trying to get Mariko to go into the apartment. But where was Mariko's mother, in that case?
The ending just seemed to kinda fall apart along with the special effects, which is a shame because the tension in the first hour or so was really intense.
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sammy_mendel
15 years ago
Re: 4
She is obviously MEANT to be the ghost at a former age, hence why we see her apartment in the same disarray, and she picks up the same teddy, also has a mother living alone with her, etc.
However, it doesn't work.
1. The actresses playing next door ghost and the main ghost in the flashback when they both first arrive at the apartment are completely different.
2. Ditto the mother next door, who is also a ghost, but clearly different from the 1303 ghost's mother.
3. So if they are ghosts who live next door, who is paying the rent?
4. The 1301 ghost-mother pushes past as Mariko looks into their apartment. But what the hell was she out doing? This was obviously a device to convince us that they weren't ghosts while making no sense in itself.
5.What kind of ghosts go out during the day and pay rent?
Therefore, in reality, she is just the crazy scary kid out of loads of J-horror films that they had to get into the movie somehow.
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