
The Exorcist(1973)
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.


An artist dealing with the grief of his wife leaving him finds solace in painting the squalor of the sewer. He discovers a trapped mermaid, whom he brings home to heal. Her condition worsens, and she asks the artist to paint her before she dies.

Shigeru Saiki
The Artist

Mari Somei
The Mermaid

Go Riju
Male Neighbor

Masami Hisamoto
Female Neighbor
Tsuyoshi Toshishige
Guinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole is a horror, romance film released in 1988 exploring themes of mermaid, gore, painter, worm, provocative, bold. Directed by Hideshi Hino, it stars Shigeru Saiki, Mari Somei, Go Riju. An artist dealing with the grief of his wife leaving him finds solace in painting the squalor of the sewer. He discovers a trapped mermaid, whom he brings home to heal. Her condition worsens, and she asks the artist to paint her before she dies.
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