A woman has an ugly face. She has been called 'monster' since childhood. A case occurs in her town that leads to her being ejected and a relocation to Tokyo. She obtains plastic surgery and begins working as a prostitute. She makes some dough and extends the plastic surgery to her entire body. She changes her name and begins a new life. The perfect body leads her to think about men and her hometown.
Acting
Saki Takaoka's physically demanding dual performance, pre and post transformation.
Direction
Ohku's unflinching gaze on bodily modification as psychological wound.
Director
Akiko Ohku
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released amid Japan's 'beauty passport' discourse, where appearance directly impacts employment and social mobility.
The prostitution sequences were reportedly truncated after festival cuts; original version ran 127 minutes with more explicit transactional framing.
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