Organ (1996)

Director:

Kei Fujiwara

Writer:

Kei Fujiwara (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Two police detectives Numata and Tosaka infiltrate a group of underground black market human organ dealers...

Plot Keywords:

Cult Favorite | Splatter | Gore | Surreal | Yakuza

Cast

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

Directed by
Kei Fujiwara

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
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

Production Companies

• Organ Vital

Distributors

• Asian Cult Cinema (video)
• Eleven Arts (1996) (worldwide) (all media)
• Synapse Films (2000) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18

Company:

Organ Vital

Movie Connections:

References The Fly (1986)

I guess I liked this but I didn't necessarily understand it....

Japanese movies can be a bit tough to follow sometimes, and this is one of those. I know it begins with cops staking out an organ-harvesting operation but beyond that it's one big "what the hell?". Not that this isn't creepy and weird and interesting to watch, it just a bit hard to follow. Maybe another watch, or two, might help. Maybe. The stake-out on this organ-harvesting operation went bad, I guess, and one cop lost his job and now he's out for vengeance and to find his former partner? I suppose that may be about as close as I could come to the plot. There's a brother and sister that are extremely dysfunctional, he's some kind of school teacher or something, and he collects butterflies and does strange experiments with plants and humans? And his sister, Yoko, is missing an eye, thanks to their deranged mom who also tried to cut off her brother's penis. Seems that brother also has some other problems, like malignant growths and stuff. One scene has a woman, the headmistress at a school (I guess) coming on to him and getting rather excited about his suppurating pustules....yow. This is a rather sick and twisted flick, most of which left me in the dust but it was sort of interesting to watch. I've read comparisons to David Lynch but to my knowledge he hasn't produced anything this "out there". If you're a fan of Asian Cinema, of the abnormal kind, then you'll probably like this a lot, if you have a weak stomach and everything has to make sense to you, why would you watch this in the first place? 7 out of 10.