

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.
Direction
Tsukamoto's hyperkinetic camera never lets you breathe
Practical Effects
Grotesque prosthetics that'll haunt your peripheral vision
Production
Meiji-era sets built like claustrophobic theatrical stages

Director
Shinya Tsukamoto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tsukamoto shot this in just two weeks, editing by night while filming by day.
The Daitokuji family name references a real Zen Buddhist temple, layering spiritual hypocrisy onto the medical elite's corruption.