Every Monday, a young woman is murdered in the subway, leading psychiatrist Setsuko Suma to investigate Dr. Rei Aku's deprogramming of former sect members.
Direction
Ishii's hypnotic transitions between reality and psychological fracture.
Cinematography
Subway tunnels as liminal dread-space—claustrophobic and endless.
Score
Industrial soundscapes that feel like the city itself is screaming.
Director
Gakuryu Ishii
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released four years after the Aum Shinrikyo sarin attacks, the film channels Japan's collective anxiety around cults and state responses to them.
Ishii originally wanted the subway setting to feel like a living organism consuming commuters—notice how often characters are framed disappearing into darkness.
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