Embalming

Year: 1999

Runtime: 96 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Shinji Aoyama

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Embalmer Miyako is called to prepare the corpse of a young man who has committed suicide before his funeral. While working she is pricked by a hidden needle, and that night the body’s head is stolen. Determined to finish her task, she pursues the head, confronting organ harvesting, a cult, a psychopathic schizophrenic, and dark secrets from her past.

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