Visitor Q
“The only thing stranger than this family is... Visitor Q.”
In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and the father is an ex-TV reporter, sleeping with his daughter and filming his son being beaten up, ‘Q’, a complete stranger enters the bizarre family, changing their lives for the better, finding a balance in their disturbing natures.
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Part of Love Cinema
3 films
Cast
7 people
Kenichi Endō
Kiyoshi Yamazaki / Father
Known for
THE DAYS
The Raid 2
Shungicu Uchida
Keiko Yamazaki / Mother
Known for
A Missing Part
The Torture Club
Kazushi Watanabe
Q / The visitor
Also in
19
Cain's Descendant
Jun Mutô
Takuya Yamazaki / Son
Fujiko
Miki Yamazaki / Daughter
Known for
Antiporno
Strange Circus
Shôko Nakahara
Asako Murato
Known for
Christmas Holidays
Full Metal Yakuza
Ikko Suzuki
Sasaoka
Known for
A Snake of June
Tomie
Takashi Miike Director · Itaru Era Writer Koji Endo Composer
Budget $60K · United States release November 26, 2002 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Budget
$60,400
Production
CineRocket
Production
Trustech Japan Co., Ltd.
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ビジターQ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 17, 2001
Theatrical
United States · November 26, 2002
Limited theatrical
Canada
July 21, 2001 · Premiere · Fantasia Film Festival
France
October 23, 2002 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 21, 2001 · Premiere · Lund Fantastisk Film Festival
Switzerland
August 9, 2001 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
United Kingdom
May 24, 2004 · Physical · DVD
October 19, 2026 · Physical · Radiance Blu-ray
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