L'effrayant Docteur Hijikata

Escapee sprints through asylum rain. A corpse with his face waits on the dock. Castaways crowd a fog-bound island ruled by a grinning surgeon. Takeshi Murata’s gothic fever dream, 1969.

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Teruo Ishii directed L'effrayant Docteur Hijikata in 1969. See Teruo Ishii's full filmography, where to start with Teruo Ishii, or where to go after you've seen everything by Teruo Ishii.

L'effrayant Docteur Hijikata was released in 1969 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 99 minutes.