Manriki (2019)
1h 28m
Running Time
November 29, 2019Release Date
Plot.
A suave beautician offers patients the chance to correct what they feel nature has gotten wrong. Governed by an unconventional morality, the beautician instead employs a deadly contraption to bring patients in line with the beautician's unnatural notions of beauty.
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Cast & Crew.
Natalie Emmons
Actress
Nobuaki Kaneko
Actor
Misuzu Kanno
Actress
Julian Koike
Actress
Yasuhiko Shimizu
Director
Nagano
Writer
Yuiko Kobayashi
Producer
Takumi Saitoh
Producer
Shunya Arai
Cinematographer
Shuhei Nogae
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Manriki (stylized as MANRIKI in all upper case), also known as Vise, is a 2019 Japanese satirical black comedy film directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu. Takumi Saitoh, who starred in the film, designed and produced the film with comedian Nagano.Saitoh and director Shimizu based the film on a script that had been inspired by the discomfort Nagano felt at a fashion-industry event. It is the first feature film by Team MANRIKI, a filmmaking project team consisting of Saito, Nagano, Shimizu, and musician and actor Nobuaki Kaneko.The film won the Asian Award at the 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in 2019.