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Homunculus
6.0 / 10• 2021• 1h 59m•NR• Japanese
DramaThrillerFantasyMysteryHorror
Storyline
A homeless man meets a medical school student who pays him to volunteer for a surgical procedure known as trepanation, drilling a hole in his skull, which ends up giving him the ability to communicate with the dark side of people’s subconscious minds.
Cast & Crew
Go Ayano
Susumu Nakoshi
Lead
Ryo Narita
Manabu Itou
Yukino Kishii
Mysterious woman
Anna Ishii
Female High School Student 1775
Seiyo Uchino
Kumicho
YN
Yumiko Nakamura
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What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Takashi Shimizu's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Homunculus is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
