This lurid body horror, based on a manga by Kyoko Okazaki and directed by Mika Ninagawa (Sakuran), is a candy-colored nightmare!

Top model and fashion idol Lilico (Erika Sawajiri) is used to being the centre of attention - the living epicentre of her own universe and of a multimedia-saturated hyperreality in which everything is airbrushed and color-adjusted to perfection. When she begins to suffer traumatic side effects from her repeated illegal cosmetic surgery sessions, she finds fame comes at a cost, as she is plunged into a nightmarish world where her sense of self-image and identity begins to fracture.


This lurid body horror, based on a manga by Kyoko Okazaki and directed by critically acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Mika Ninagawa (Sakuran), is a candy-colored nightmare, presenting both an assault to the senses and to the picture-perfect world of the fashion and advertising.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• HIGH-DEFINITION BLU-RAY PRESENTATION IN 1.85:1 ASPECT RATIO
• 5.1 DTS-HD MA AUDIO WITH NEW ENGLISH SUBTITLES
• ORIGINAL STEREO AUDIO WITH NEW ENGLISH SUBTITLES
• AUDIO COMMENTARY BY TORI POTENZA AND AMBER T.
• INTERVIEWS WITH ERIKA SAWAJI AND DIRECTOR MIKA NINAGAWA
• BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE OF THE MAKING OF HELTER SKELTER
• PRODUCTION SITE PRESS CONFERENCE
• JAPANESE PREMIERE STAGE GREETING
• OPENING DAY STAGE GREETING
• TAIPEI FILM FESTIVAL INTRODUCTION BY MIKA NINAGAWA
• STILLS GALLERY
• TEASERS AND TRAILERS
• BOOKLET ESSAY BY VIOLET BURNS
• ORIGINAL AND NEWLY COMMISSIONED ARTWORK BY LUKE INSECT

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Erika Sawajiri
•       Nao Ômori
•       Shinobu Terajima
•       Gô Ayano
•        Anne Suzuki
•       Kiko Mizuhara
•       Hirofumi Arai
•       Susumu Terajima
•       Shô Aikawa
•       Kaori Momoi
•       Lily Franky
•       Mieko Harada
•       Yumiko Hara

Director:  Mika Ninagawa

Additional Details

Label: 88 FILMS

Genre: Horror

Language: Japanese

Run Time: 127 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 03/24/26

UPC: 760137204114