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As the Grim Reaper in human form, Chiba appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days, and then decide either to 'execute' or 'pass over'. Next on his list is Kazue Fujiki, who works in the complaints department of a manufacturing company. As she emerges from her office, the Reaper goes to work.

Half-Japanese and multi-lingual heartthrob Takeshi Kaneshiro delivers his latest big-screen performance as the personification of the Grim Reaper who appears to his mortal subjects seven days before they are about to die - to observe and pass judgement on whether their time is up or if death will be 'suspended' for the time being.

Dressed in a solemn black suit up in the skies, the Grim Reaper, upon being alerted of a new assignment, descends upon earth in a flash (and not without a change of civilian attire) with his faithful dog, with whom he communicates nearly telepathically. He speaks to the dog and the dog 'replies' with subtitles on the screen.

The story begins proper when Chiba, as the Grim Reaper calls himself, is assigned to observe a female office worker in her twenties, Kazue Fujiki, played by Manami Konishi. In between his interactions with Kazue, Chiba busies himself listening to music, as he reiterates throughout the movie his love for music.

Manami Konishi plays Kazue's character convincingly - the prototypical plain Jane with little friends or social activities who does not have anything happening in her life, of course until the Grim Reaper pays a visit.

The movie is mainly segmented into three parts, each subplot being a new assignment for Chiba. A yakuza story makes up the middle portion and the final segment involves a seventy-year-old hairdresser in the countryside. Initially it might seem like the three sections have no relation to one another, but it all fits together at the end.

While the setting of the opening scene is dark and gloomy, the rest of the film actually moves away from the thriller atmosphere. Most of the movie is actually rather comical, by way of Chiba's miscommunications with the rest of the cast, especially when it involves contemporary colloquial slangs or words that have double meanings. The regular female viewer is likely to burst into giggles whenever Takeshi Kaneshiro widens his eyes and expresses confusion.

Chiba also has a team of fellow Grim Reapers whom he bumps into at the music record store. For some reason, the Grim Reapers in "Accuracy of Death" are all passionate about music.

Takeshi Kaneshiro displays his versatility in this movie, switching with ease between the different aspects of his character; from the sombre and slightly mysterious Grim Reaper in black, to the happy-go-lucky stranger who rescues the damsel in distress, to the smooth-talking street gangster and finally, to the rugged traveller in the countryside.

Besides the laughs that it manages to stir up, "Accuracy of Death" also manages to handle life and death in a well-balanced and delicate tone that leaves its viewers not too burdened by the weight of the subject, which is death.

One would imagine the Grim Reaper to know all there is to know about life and death, but as Chiba reveals, he is clueless about life and what it means to the mortal living souls. Yet through his interactions with the living, he is invaluably and humbly enlightened.