Original title : Janku Heddo

Country : Japan

Year : 2021

Run time : 1hr39

Version : in Japanese, subtitled in French

Stop motion

Rating : +12

Avant-première

Director : Takahide Hori

Producers: Kent Yoshida

Scenario: Takahide Hori

Voices: Takahide Hori, Atsuko Miyake, Yuji Sugiyama

Sales : Gaga Corporation

Distribution : UFO

Feature debut

In a distant future, the world is dominated by machines and mutants. Humans, afflicted with an illness that prevents them from reproducing, send an amnesiac android to find a miracle cure in the underground regions, where mortal creatures live.

Takahide Hori is self-taught and spent seven years, first alone, then with a small team, to create this stop motion wonder for adults. Inspired by H.R. Giger, Jerome Bosch and M.C. Escher, he has brilliantly brought a nightmarish universe to life, not without touches of humour. After the film’s unexpected success in Japan, two sequels are being prepared.