Embalming

(1999)

★ 4.7 IMDb · 9 votes

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Year: 1999

Runtime: 96 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 青山真治

Cast: 高島礼子, Ютака Мацушиге, Сэйдзюн Судзуки, 柴俊夫, 本郷功次郎, 三輪ひとみ, 松尾政寿

Plot

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.