Embalming

Top 7 Billed Cast

Reiko Takashima
高島礼子

Murakami Miyako

Yutaka Matsushige
松重豊

Seijun Suzuki
Seijun Suzuki

Toshio Shiba
柴俊夫

Kōjirō Hongō
本郷功次郎

Hitomi Miwa
三輪ひとみ

Rika Shinohara

Masatoshi Matsuo
松尾政寿

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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.

  • Release Date

    1999-07-30

  • Average

    4.9

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
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    日本語
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