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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
While under anesthesia during a tooth extraction, a young man hallucinates a series of darkly sexual fantasies involving an attractive fellow patient and their sinister dentist.
Good for
- Drop-in friendly
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You're watching with family
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 46GoodWatch 47
IMDb4.6
Running time
1 h 50 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109110Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1981
September 12, 1981
45 years ago
Genres
DramaFantasyHorrorLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityIntense
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 1 moreDirecting · 5
- Tetsuji Takechi Director, Writer
- Haishi Ryuutarou Assistant Director
- Toshiaki Arakawa Assistant Director
- Akira Kato Assistant Director
- Yoko Morita Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Junichirō Tanizaki Original Story
- Akira Ōtsu Lyricist
Production · 5
- Ariyuki Maeda Producer
- Toshiyuki Ike Producer
- Kohei Tsuzaki Production Coordinator
- Shinji Komiya Production Manager
- Norio Haruta Production Coordinator
Camera · 6
- Akira Takada Director of Photography
- Kenichi Negishi Assistant Camera
- Hiroaki Sugimura Assistant Camera
- Fumio Iwagami Assistant Camera
- Koichiro Hotta Assistant Camera
- Minoru Kondo Assistant Camera
Editing · 4
- Hani Mituhashi Editor
- Kunihiko Ukai Editor
- Hiroshi Satô Editor
- Hisako Shimomura Editor
Sound · 4
- Sukehisa Shiba Music
- Ichiro Tsujii Sound Recordist
- Eiji Nishiki Music Arranger
- Tetsuo Nishihama Theme Song Performance
Art · 3
- Hidetaka Ozawa Art Direction
- Mari Kaneko Title Designer
- Tokuo Funamizu Painter
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Kazuyuki Kobayashi Costumer
- Yoshinobu Ueda Costumer
- Makoto Someya Makeup Artist
- Yoko Yoshioka Costumer
- Hideko Kawaguchi Costumer
- Botan Kawaguchi Costumer
Lighting · 3
- Narito Nakagawa Assistant Gaffer
- Hiroshi Sato Gaffer
- Osamu Baba Assistant Gaffer
Other crew · 2
- Mizuomi Ikeda Choreographer
- Gen Yamaguchi Thanks
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