OVER YOUR DEAD BODY (KUIME) World Cinema

In a regional film industry known for producing prolific directors, Japanese horror master Takashi Miike has a reputation as the hardest-working man in show business. With OVER YOUR DEAD BODY, Miike pulls the curtain back on a theater production that takes a bloody, supernatural turn. Actors rehearsing the classic play “Yotsuya Kaidan” find their violent, double-faced stage roles seeping into real life. A nasty love triangle emerges between leading lady Miyuke, her lover and a second actress who, eerily, also steals the affections of Miyuke’s on-stage love interest. Look out for the brilliantly disturbing climax in Miyuke’s bedroom, which, lit by moonlight reflecting off transparent tarps, is yet another trademark gory set-piece from the dazzlingly creative mind behind AUDITION and 13 ASSASSINS (AFI FEST 2010).