Manriki (film)
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| Directed by | Yasuhiko Shimizu |
| Written by | Yasuhiko Shimizu Nagano |
| Produced by | Takumi Saitoh Nagano |
| Starring | Takumi Saitoh Nagano SWAY Nobuaki Kaneko |
| Edited by | Yasuhiko Shimizu |
| Music by | Nobuaki Kaneko |
Production company | East Factory |
| Distributed by | Toei Video |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Manriki (stylized in all capitals), also known as Vise, is a 2019 Japanese satirical black comedy film directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu. Takumi Saitoh, who starred in the film, designed and produced the film with comedian Nagano. The film's plot revolves around a young woman who, being desperate to succeed as a fashion model, undergoes a grotesque and painful facial reduction procedure using a vise. Her face is disfigured as a result, which leads to absurd and darkly comic consequences.
Saitoh and director Shimizu based the film on a script that had been inspired by the discomfort Nagano felt at a fashion-industry event. It is the first feature film by Team MANRIKI, a filmmaking project team consisting of Saito, Nagano, Shimizu, and musician and actor Nobuaki Kaneko.
The film won the Asian Award at the 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in 2019.