# Homonculus (2021)

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**Original title**: *ホムンクルス*
**Runtime**: 119 min
**Genres**: Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Takashi Shimizu
**Written by**: Takashi Shimizu, Eisuke Naito, Naruki Matsuhisa
**Starring**: Go Ayano, Ryo Narita, Yukino Kishii, Anna Ishii, Seiyo Uchino, Yumiko Nakamura

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Skull cracked at dusk. A student’s drill against bone.

Dark whispers leak through the hole.

Takashi Shimizu’s neon-noir keeps the supernatural just shy of the knife.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, outsider, slow-burn

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