Mio is a woman who owns a funeral parlor in a small port town. After losing her husband, her libido suddenly awakens. A typhoon rips through the town. Not only does she provide funeral services for the grieving parties but also attends to their needs after the funeral.
Cinematography
Typhoon as metaphor and mood—wet, suffocating, inescapable.
Acting
Honoka's dead-eyed hunger masks genuine sorrow.
Director
Tōru Kamei
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Japan's 'pink film' renaissance—genre films with actual budgets and artistic pretensions that played at midnight festivals.
Kamei shot during an actual typhoon; Honoka insisted on practical weather, not effects. The danger you see is real.
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