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1999

Embalming

Directed by Shinji Aoyama

Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suicide, before the funeral. While performing the embalming process she finds herself pricks by a needle buried deep in the boy’s flesh where it should not be. During the night the head is removed from the body and stolen, Miyako begins a desperate search for it so she can finish her work. Miyako search finds her encountering organ harvesting, religious cults, incest, psychopathic schizophrenics as well as some very dark secrets from here own past.

Duration

1h 36m

Released

July 30, 1999

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4.9

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Cast7

  • Reiko Takashima
  • Yutaka Matsushige
  • Seijun Suzuki
  • Toshio Shiba
  • Kōjirō Hongō
  • Hitomi Miwa
  • Masatoshi Matsuo

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