Homunculus
Apr 02 2021
•2h 59m
•Drama, Thriller
A homeless man meets a medical school student who pays him to volunteer for a surgical procedure known as trepanation, drilling a hole in his skull, which ends up giving him the ability to communicate with the dark side of people’s subconscious minds.
Cast
See allGo Ayano
Susumu Nakoshi
Ryo Narita
Manabu Itou
Yukino Kishii
Mysterious woman
Anna Ishii
Female High School Student 1775
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