This lurid body horror, based on a manga by Kyoko Okazaki and directed by Mika Ninagawa (Sakuran), is a candy-colored nightmare!

Top model and fashion idol Lilico (Erika Sawajiri) is used to being the centre of attention - the living epicentre of her own universe and of a multimedia-saturated hyperreality in which everything is airbrushed and color-adjusted to perfection. When she begins to suffer traumatic side effects from her repeated illegal cosmetic surgery sessions, she finds fame comes at a cost, as she is plunged into a nightmarish world where her sense of self-image and identity begins to fracture.


This lurid body horror, based on a manga by Kyoko Okazaki and directed by critically acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Mika Ninagawa (Sakuran), is a candy-colored nightmare, presenting both an assault to the senses and to the picture-perfect world of the fashion and advertising.

Bonus Materials

• HIGH-DEFINITION BLU-RAY PRESENTATION IN 1.85:1 ASPECT RATIO
• 5.1 DTS-HD MA AUDIO WITH NEW ENGLISH SUBTITLES
• ORIGINAL STEREO AUDIO WITH NEW ENGLISH SUBTITLES
• AUDIO COMMENTARY BY TORI POTENZA AND AMBER T.
• INTERVIEWS WITH ERIKA SAWAJI AND DIRECTOR MIKA NINAGAWA
• BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE OF THE MAKING OF HELTER SKELTER
• PRODUCTION SITE PRESS CONFERENCE
• JAPANESE PREMIERE STAGE GREETING
• OPENING DAY STAGE GREETING
• TAIPEI FILM FESTIVAL INTRODUCTION BY MIKA NINAGAWA
• STILLS GALLERY
• TEASERS AND TRAILERS
• BOOKLET ESSAY BY VIOLET BURNS
• ORIGINAL AND NEWLY COMMISSIONED ARTWORK BY LUKE INSECT

Cast & Crew

Actors:

• Erika Sawajiri
• Nao Ômori
• Shinobu Terajima
• Gô Ayano
• Anne Suzuki
• Kiko Mizuhara
• Hirofumi Arai
• Susumu Terajima
• Shô Aikawa
• Kaori Momoi
• Lily Franky
• Mieko Harada
• Yumiko Hara

Director: Mika Ninagawa