Visitor Q
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Visitor Q

The only thing stranger than this family is... Visitor Q.

6.3 / 10 2001 1h 24mR Japanese
ComedyDramaHorror

Storyline

In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and the father is an ex-TV reporter, sleeping with his daughter and filming his son being beaten up, ‘Q’, a complete stranger enters the bizarre family, changing their lives for the better, finding a balance in their disturbing natures.

Cast & Crew

Kenichi Endo

Kenichi Endo

Kiyoshi Yamazaki / Father

Lead
Shungicu Uchida

Shungicu Uchida

Keiko Yamazaki / Mother

Kazushi Watanabe

Kazushi Watanabe

Q / The visitor

JM

Jun Mutô

Takuya Yamazaki / Son

Fujiko

Fujiko

Miki Yamazaki / Daughter

Shôko Nakahara

Shôko Nakahara

Asako Murato

Ikko Suzuki

Ikko Suzuki

Sasaoka

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Takashi Miike's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Visitor Q is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker