Embalming

1999 · 96 MIN · IMDB 5.3 · 270 VOTES · DIR. Shinji Aoyama

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Overview

Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suicide, before the funeral. While performing the embalming process she finds herself pricks by a needle buried deep in the boy’s flesh where it should not be. During the night the head is removed from the body and stolen, Miyako begins a desperate search for it so she can finish her work. Miyako search finds her encountering organ harvesting, religious cults, incest, psychopathic schizophrenics as well as some very dark secrets from here own past.

Dialogue Timeline — 711 lines

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00:00:19 Embalming...
00:04:16 How can you tell?
00:08:20 OK, let's start.
00:16:53 Anyway, it means there's a slight possibility of some kind of homicide.
00:20:13 Oh my God! What a terrible father!
00:22:15 Is it something to do with this organization?
00:24:15 What was the thing called? The thing written on the bottom of the letter.
00:31:53 That's not what we specified.
00:40:47 What do you mean?
00:43:19 in the remains of the fireworks.
00:48:12 It's Ayumi. Right?
00:50:29 That's why I said it's no good.
00:52:46 Then, who was the boy that looked exactly like Yoshiki?
00:55:05 and went missing.
00:59:18 It was like a frog.
01:02:31 OK, that's fine. Thank you.
01:05:37 Has Kurume told you that I was evil?
01:11:39 First I'll be dismembered, and then brought back to life.
01:17:09 I told her many times.
01:19:22 Yoshiki?
01:23:00 You were going to use them like guinea pigs and kill them for their organs!
01:27:28 Look at Yoshiki's face.
01:31:12 Chief Jion held their funeral at Daitoku Temple.
01:34:35 Camera: Korehiro Nishikubo Lighting: Junichi Akatsu

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed711
Dialogue density7.4 lines / min
First line00:00:19
Final line01:34:35

Production Record

DirectorShinji Aoyama
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes270