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The Scissors Massacre (2008)
Directed by Kôtarô Terauchi
Overview
Three sisters grow up on a chicken farm in a small town in Gifu. The oldest sister, Yukie Sawada, is engaged to be married, the middle sister, Sachiko works at a beauty salon and the youngest, Mayu, is on the track team in high school. Their happy, carefree lives are changed forever when Yukie’s ex-boyfriend Suzuki commits an atrocious crime. Half-crazed and bent on revenge against the Sawada family, Suzuki mistakes Mayu for Yukie and pours acid all over her face. Overwhelmed by physical and psychological trauma, Mayu sinks deeper into depression and isolation, unresponsive to her sisters encouragement. Meanwhile, chilling news of a serial murderer, who preys on the alumni of Mayu’s high school, sends shockwaves through their small town…
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Rin Asuka | Yukie Kawamura | Mayuko Iwasa | Akihiro Mayama | Yosuke Saito | Miki Hayashi | Erina | Haruka Nishimoto | Sari Kurauchi | Kôta Kusano | Taniguchi Masashi | Hideo Nakano | Seiko Ando