A.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is infected by pictures. People, once infected, come down with the disease, which leads to death. They have no way of fighting against this infection filled with fear and despair. The media calls the disease the "Lemming Syndrome".
Sound
The guitar drone IS the plague. Painfully beautiful noise terrorism.
Cinematography
Gray-on-gray apocalypse. Every frame looks like a funeral for hope.
Acting
Asano's thousand-yard stare should be studied in medical journals.
Director
Shinji Aoyama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title quotes Christ's final words — Aoyama uses it to ask: what if God abandoned us to our own images, our own noise?
Masaya Nakahara (Asuhara) is actually a legendary noise musician; his band Hair Stylistics' sound directly inspired the film's sonic plague concept.
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