When a number of suicide victims slash themselves in their sleep, detective Keiko Kirishima is called to investigate.
Direction
Tsukamoto's industrial-noir aesthetic, all rust and sweat
Acting
Ryuhei Matsuda's hollow-eyed exhaustion feels too real
Practical Effects
Grotesque body horror without digital smoothing
Director
Shinya Tsukamoto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tsukamoto's 'Tetsuo' body-horror legacy looms large; this is his quieter, more melancholy cousin.
The film's dream logic deliberately collapses in the third act—Tsukamoto wanted audiences as disoriented as his detective.
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