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Embalming

1999

Directed by Shinji Aoyama

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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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Cinematographer
Ihiro Nishikubo
Origin country
Japan
Runtime
1h 36m
Language
ja
Also known as
EM Embalming
TMDB
4.7/10 (9 votes)
IMDb
5.3/10 (263 votes)
Released July 30, 1999·EM / エンバーミング

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