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Junk Head

HORI Takahide

Japan2021101min Korean Premiere

Synopsis

Mankind attains longevity through gene manipulation, but finds itself on the road to extinction when the species loses the ability to reproduce. Their clones who rebelled 1,600 years ago are now known as Marigans and rule the bottomless underworld. Some of them seem to have become fertile and the government takes this as a ray of hope and decides to send civilians in to carry out an ecological study. Selected for the mission, Parton sets off on an adventure through a subterranean labyrinth crawling with monsters in order to secure humanity’s future.

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HORI Takahide

Born in 1971 in Oita Prefecture, Japan. Besides running an interior decoration business, he works on art projects such as paintings, sculptures, and dolls. He started to make the short film Junk Head 1 in 2009 and completed it in 2013. The following year, he began work on its feature version, which was completed in 2017. In March 2021, the re-edited version of Junk Head was released in theaters in Japan. Initially started with 10 screens, it is now showing on over 70 screens boosted by the spreading word-of-mouth and positive reviews.