Somewhere beyond the extremes of FATAL ATTRACTION and IN THE COMPANY OF MEN festers this elegantly composed, outrageously violent psycho thriller from the wickedly perverse mind of Japanese director Takashi Miike. Seven years after the death of his beloved Yoko, middle-aged Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryô Ishibashi) decides it's time to shop around for a new wife. But not just any wife: Disgusted by those loud, vulgar broads who gather in cocktail lounges, Shigeharu wants a "nice" girl, a smart woman with a job and refined skills like singing or playing the piano. A woman like Yoko. Shigeharu's friend Yasuhisa (Jun Kunimura), a movie producer, comes up with a plan. He'll ...
Released:
1999
Rated:
R
Length:
115 mins