In a remote village in feudal Japan, a mysterious geisha named Aika endures years of cruelty and abuse under a society that controls and mistreats women. When she is violently attacked during a festival, something ancient awakens inside her - strange memories, supernatural visions, and a burning power tied to a hidden identity. As Aika uncovers the truth that she is a half-kitsune, a fox spirit of myth and vengeance, she begins to transform. When the village turns on her, she unleashes her full power in a storm of fire, illusion, and truth, forcing everyone to face the darkness they've long hidden.
Aika disappears into legend - no longer a victim, but a divine force of balance.
"The fox within" is a dark, mythical tale about identity, injustice, and the unstoppable return of truth cloaked in grace.
Matthew Fox lives an isolated life in Chicago and works for minimum wage at a big-box chain bookstore. He never knew his father, but is convinced he inherited an inescapable flaw that taints his relationships. A chance encounter with an intuitive young woman at the Chicago Institute of Art reveals to Matthew that his heart is missing. Determined to help him find what he has lost, his new companion accompanies him to Japan where they revisit Matthew's past as an expat. Along the way, Matthew reconnects with old friends and seeks guidance from two eccentric Buddhist monks. Matthew embarks on a trip to recover his missing pieces, venturing to rural Buddhist temples, mountaintop shrines, through frigid snowfalls, and to warm Okinawa coastlines. He is forced to confront his past piece by piece guided by the colorful characters he meets along the way. Matthew begins to fall in love with his companion, but he soon comes to understand through his journey that he can't be with her. In order to confront the flaw his father left in him he must face the source of his greatest regret, the abandonment of the woman he loved and the daughter he never knew.
A man with no memory finds himself in a strange house seemingly cut off from the outside world. He reads Matthew's story written in the books of a mysterious library. The man explores the house and discovers that everything in it is connected to Matthew, including himself. He finds the stories of the two Buddhist monks and their involvement in WWII. The link between their stories and Matthew's reveals the truth about the house's purpose, but he is unable to leave. He becomes desperate to find a way out when a seemingly sentient decay begins to spread throughout house destroying everything in its path and slowly making its way to the library where Matthew's story is chronicled. As time runs out, the man uncovers his identity and must make an impossible choice between the family he lost or the family he left behind.