
Embalming
Drama · Horror · Mystery
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.
Top Cast


Reiko Takashima
Reiko Takashima
Murakami Miyako
Reiko Takashima
Murakami Miyako


Yutaka Matsushige
Yutaka Matsushige
Yutaka Matsushige


Seijun Suzuki
Seijun Suzuki
Seijun Suzuki


Toshio Shiba
Toshio Shiba
Toshio Shiba


Kōjirō Hongō
Kōjirō Hongō
Kōjirō Hongō


Hitomi Miwa
Hitomi Miwa
Rika Shinohara
Hitomi Miwa
Rika Shinohara


Masatoshi Matsuo
Masatoshi Matsuo
Masatoshi Matsuo
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