Embalming

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.

Cast

Reiko Takashima

Murakami Miyako

Yutaka Matsushige

Seijun Suzuki

Toshio Shiba

Kōjirō Hongō