Movie

Embalming (1999)

• July 30, 1999
• 1h 36m

• Drama
• Horror
• Mystery
• Thriller

Overview

Miyako, a young female embalmer, is called to restore the body of a recent suicide. While performing her duties, she pricks herself on a needle buried deep within the boy’s flesh. When the head is stolen 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, Michiko Matsuda

Starring

Reiko Takashima, Yutaka Matsushige, Seijun Suzuki