Synopsis

Writhing Tongue (1980)

Masako, a five-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Chiba, gets a tiny scratch on her finger while playing with mud in a marsh. After that, she suffered all kinds of horrible spasms including biting her tongue. The doctor checks on her for hours on end and arrive at the conclusion that she has tetanus. It seems like the devil has come to dwell in the little girl’s body. Her parents have to to bear the sufferings of their child and face the fear that they might also be the victims of tetanus. The once peaceful family has changed completely and the three have been cast into a bottomless hell.
Yoshitaro Nomura
Mayuko Wakamori, Tsunehiko Watase, Yukiyo Toake, Ryoko Nakano, Jūkichi Uno, Tanie Kitabayashi, Keizo Kanie, Sanae Nakahara, Sen Yano, Yasukiyo Umeno, Tomoe Hiiro, Ken’ichi Katô, Kōichi Koshimura, Hisayuki Nakajima, Toshitomo Miura, Masahiko Koreeda, Mitsukuni Yamanashi, Tamio Ishikura, Dai Sasahara, Yasuko Beppu, Mariko Nishina, Kyoko Hiro, Mari Hirano, Yuko Sakurai, Machiko Hara, Tokuko Saito, Kumiko Taniguchi, Satoko Nomiyama, Sato Yumiko, Eiko Sakai, Narumi Tokura, Yumiko Sumiyoshi, Misako Okada, Yuki Yukie, Tomomi Otake, Yukari Ichijuji, Noriyo Murakami, Haruko Chichibu, Yoshino Tani, Keiji Tsuchikawa, Kenji Sonoda, Noriyuki Watanabe, Jun Kashima, Hideaki Komori, Akihiko Hanyû, Yasushi Shinohara, Yukie Yamamoto, Taku Kido
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