The Japanese trademark in horror pictures is fully underlined in this production, the stunning visual is the prominence, the young director Shin'ya Tsukamoto introduces many unusual elements that boost how he displays his newest concept.
This macabre tale takes place post WWI around twenties when a well-born young doctor Yukio returns of the war and starting clinical exercise to cater wealthy clients, the he enchants by a girl called Rin naked at the river, even knowing that such girl actually is poverty-stricken from slum, even under letdown of his parents he marries her.
However Rin previously had a relationship with a guy extremally resemblance called Sutekishi a sort of orphan found in a basket at river by a poor man who raised him ever since, he becomes a thief, being rejected by his stepfather, he lost Rin who now lives with Yukio in a upper-class family, Sutekishi sudden appears scarring deadly Yukio's parents and trapping him at old pit, posing as Yukio henceforth, he keeping alive his brother at pit for a while, strangely the twin brothers will slowing changing their behaviors, something like backward process each one taking on each other's identity, sadly the movie stays inconclusive, letting to the viewers seek the answer at your leisure.
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First watch: 2022 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.