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Visitor Q

2001 · 84 min

A surreal, shocking descent into a family's dysfunction, blending graphic violence and taboo sex with deadpan absurdity.

Tagline: The only thing stranger than this family is... Visitor Q.
Overview: 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.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
deception
violence
sexuality
isolation
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	8
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	10
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, drama, horror, thriller
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Written by: Itaru Era
Starring: Kenichi Endo, Shungicu Uchida, Kazushi Watanabe, Jun Mutô, Fujiko, Shôko Nakahara, Ikko Suzuki
Music: Koji Endo
Cinematography: Hideo Yamamoto
Runtime: 84 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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