Grotesque
Short description
A young couple, Aki and Kazuo, are kidnapped while walking on the street and held captive in a basement. Their captor, a physician with sadistic urges, subjects them to extreme physical torture and mutilation. As the pair is forced into a cruel game of pain, the doctor manipulates their fear and desperation by offering them a false hope of survival.
Directed and written by Koji Shiraishi, this Japanese horror thriller is the third of 13 films he has directed, following Ghost Zombie and preceding A Record of Sweet Murder. The film stars Hiroaki Kawatsure as Kazuo Kojima, Tsugumi Nagasawa as Aki Miyasita, and Shigeo Ôsako as the doctor. It was produced by Kyôsuke Ueno and Kazue Udagawa through Ace Deuce Entertainment and TORNADO FILM.
The film has received mixed reactions from viewers. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 4.8/10 based on 8,500 votes, while on TMDB, it has a slightly higher rating of 5.7/10 from 262 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- The British Board of Film Classification dashed the filmmakers’ hopes of receiving an “18 certificate” rating, stating that the sexual sadism in the film is demonstrated for the sake of sadism itself, and that assigning any rating to the film could cause serious psychological trauma to viewers. The film was not assigned any rating at all, so any showing or sale of it is illegal.
- The film is banned from screening in Norway.
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