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Embalming (1999)
Directed by Shinji Aoyama
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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.
Length 96 minutes
Actors
Reiko Takashima | Yutaka Matsushige | Seijun Suzuki | Toshio Shiba | Kojiro Hongo | Hitomi Miwa | Masatoshi Matsuo
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/25/2018 | TV | DVD | Rented | 5.5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Whoa Seijun Suzuki is one of the embalmers! And it’s a fairly big role.
Interesting to view this and The Nameless together (got them both from Netflix unplanned). They kinda relate (also both released in 1999). In this film, the murdered or suicided boy has a mysterious death that leads to his head going missing and a goose chase to retrieve the head. A few shady characters are met along the way with some bizarre reveals. Not a great movie but again a film of ambition by director Shinji Aoyama during his earlier years. Cool to see Hitomi Miwa again.
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