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Embalming
19994.41h 36m
Overview
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.
Directed by Shinji Aoyama
Written by Michiko Matsuda, Shinji Aoyama, Izo Hashimoto
0Top Cast
Reiko Takashima
Murakami Miyako
Yutaka Matsushige
Seijun Suzuki
Toshio Shiba
Kōjirō Hongō
Hitomi Miwa
Rika Shinohara
Masatoshi Matsuo
Themes & Keywords
suicidegoredead bodyembalming
About Embalming
Embalming is a drama, horror, mystery, thriller film released in 1999 exploring themes of suicide, gore, dead body, embalming. Directed by Shinji Aoyama, it stars Reiko Takashima, Yutaka Matsushige, Seijun Suzuki. 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.
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