Uzumaki

"Out of this world."

Feb 11 2000 N/A 1h 30m
Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.

Plot

In a small town in Japan, Kirie comes upon her boyfriend's father silently videotaping a snail. He seems unaware of her presence and she thinks no more of it. Later, the mans obsession with spirals becomes more and more bizarre, ending in his suicide in a washing machine which turn his body into a spiral. Soon other inhabitants become possesed with different forms of spirals, one student seems to be mutating into a snail, another's hair becomes strangely medusa-like. The entire town becomes possesed.

Written by

Junji Ito, Kengo Kaji, Takao Nitta

Directed by

Higuchinsky

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Space Shower TV, Omega Micott Inc., Shogakukan

Languages

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
9,547
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
62
Popularity
NA