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
Masahiro Motoki
Yukio Daitokuji
Ryo
Rin
Shiho Fujimura
Yukio's Mother
Yasutaka Tsutsui
Yukio's Father
Masako Motai
Shige
Hisako Ôkata
Taki'e
Yuriko Hirooka
Toshiko
Renji Ishibashi
Beggar Monk
Akaji Maro
Kakubê
Naoto Takenaka
Rich Man
Tadanobu Asano
Revenger with Sword
Tomorowo Taguchi
Middle-aged Patient
Jun Murakami
Young Patient
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.
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