A homeless man meets a medical school student who pays him to volunteer for a surgical procedure known as trepanation, drilling a hole in his skull, which ends up giving him the ability to communicate with the dark side of people’s subconscious minds.
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Cast
6 people
Go Ayano
Susumu Nakoshi
Known for
Yu Yu Hakusho
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Ryo Narita
Manabu Itou
Known for
Your Name.
Belle
Yukino Kishii
Mysterious woman
Known for
Small, Slow But Steady
Lesson of the Evil
Anna Ishii
Female High School Student 1775
Known for
10DANCE
Your Lie in April
Seiyo Uchino
Kumicho
Known for
13 Assassins
First Love
Yumiko Nakamura
Also in
The Wolverine
Hoarder on the Border
Takashi Shimizu Director · Eisuke Naito Screenplay Naruki Matsuhisa Screenplay
United States release April 22, 2021 · Produced in Japan · Production avex pictures
Production
Booster Project
Production
avex pictures
Production
Japan
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Original title
ホムンクルス
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 2, 2021
Digital · Netflix
United States · April 22, 2021
Digital · Netflix
Australia
April 22, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
France
April 22, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Poland
April 22, 2021 · Digital
South Korea
April 22, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Ukraine
April 22, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
United Kingdom
April 22, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
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