Lost Paradise: Riding Habit Harakiri

Directed by Masami Akita,who is also one of Japan's leading noise musicians under the name Merzbow. With a soundtrack by the director himself, this intense and ultra-gory seppuku film shows a young woman taking her own life by an act of ritual harakiri.

Director: Masami Akita

Cast: Asako Mochizuki, Yuuri Sunohara, Chimuo Nureki, Toshiro Hasegawa

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.