Embalming (1999)
Miyako, a young female embalmer, is called to restore the body of a young man who has committed suicide. While performing the embalming process, she pricks herself on a needle buried deep within the boy’s flesh where it does not belong. When the head is stolen from the body during the night, Miyako begins a desperate search to recover it and finish her work, encountering organ harvesting, religious cults, and dark secrets from her own past along the way.
Director:
Shinji Aoyama
Writers:
Shinji Aoyama, Izo Hashimoto.
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Reiko Takashima as Murakami Miyako |
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Yutaka Matsushige as |
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Seijun Suzuki as |
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Toshio Shiba as |
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Kōjirō Hongō as |
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Hitomi Miwa as Rika Shinohara |
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Masatoshi Matsuo as |
| Writing | Shinji Aoyama | Screenplay |
| Writing | Izo Hashimoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Michiko Matsuda | Writer |
| Directing | Shinji Aoyama | Director |
| Sound | Isao Yamada | Music |
| Editing | Shinji Aoyama | Editor |
| Camera | Ihiro Nishikubo | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Soichi Ueno | Editor |