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4.8/10   252 votes
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Kei Fujiwara (writer)
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Plot:
Two police detectives Numata and Tosaka infiltrate a group of underground black market human organ dealers... more | add synopsis
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A Yakuza gang running a black market organ slaughterhouse operation managed by a one-eyed harridan and her brother , are infiltrated by the police. more (21 total)

Cast

 
Kei Fujiwara ... Yoko
Kimihiko Hasegawa
Natsuyo Kanahama ... Corpse of female high-school student
Kenji Nasa
Ryu Okubo
Tojima Shozo
Shun Sugata ... Nakanishi
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Directed by
Kei Fujiwara 
 
Writing credits
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Kei Fujiwara  writer

Produced by
Binbun Furusawa .... producer
Koichi Toda .... producer
 
Original Music by
Video Rodeo 
 
Cinematography by
Kei Fujiwara 
 
Film Editing by
Kenji Nasa 
 
Production Design by
Kei Fujiwara 
 
Sound Department
Eiko .... sound
 
Editorial Department
Kenji Oonishi .... assistant editor
 

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110 min
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A Yakuza gang running a black market organ slaughterhouse operation managed by a one-eyed harridan and her brother , are infiltrated by the police., 24 May 2009
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Author: jungophile from United States

I just watched this movie last night, and I didn't understand it until I read the Mondo Macabro entry on it by Pete Tombs, and some of the reviews here (evidently, I'm not alone in thinking this film loses power by sacrificing narrative clarity for thematic integrity). The fact that the film is low budget and shot in 16mm (somewhat grainy; it would be great to see a Blu-Ray version with better subtitles) adds to the viewer's frustration. Still, Kei Fujiwara has undoubtedly created a nightmarish alternate universe and managed to get it on film which is at least worth five stars.

Organ is really more of an avant garde art film than straight horror, but then again, if you watch a lot of Japanese horror, you've probably noticed that this island culture takes the genre more seriously than in the west (which tends to see it as a more exploitive, money-making, freshman-director type genre). I can't say I enjoyed watching Organ much, but I do respect the director's unflinching vision and daring in bringing such a brutally dark tale to fruition.

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