Embalming
1999, Japanese. Directed by Shinji Aoyama.
Miyako, a young female embalmer, is called to restore the body of a recent suicide. While performing her duties, she pricks herself on a needle buried deep within the boy’s flesh. When the head is stolen during the night, Miyako begins a desperate search to recover it and finish her work, encountering organ harvesting, religious cults, and dark secrets from her own past along the way.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 30 July 1999
- Original title
- EM / エンバーミング
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Michiko Matsuda, Shinji Aoyama, Izo Hashimoto
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Embalming runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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Embalming isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 July 1999. (Checked 31 October 2026.)
What movies are like Embalming?
If you liked Embalming, try The Vanishing, After.Life, Raging Grace.
Who directed Embalming?
Embalming (1999) was directed by Shinji Aoyama and stars Reiko Takashima, Yutaka Matsushige, Seijun Suzuki.