Takashi Miike returns to horror with the trailer for Over Your Dead Body

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

It’s a good day when you get to see something new from the twisted mind of Takashi Miike, especially when it’s his return to the genre. Yesterday we saw the first set of stills from his supernatural chiller OVER YOUR DEAD BODY, and now we’ve got a trailer for the film, which will be part of the Vanguard section of the Toronto International Film Festival. Dig it!

Here's a synopsis:

A star, Miyuki Goto (Ko Shibasaki) plays Oiwa, the protagonist in a new play based on the ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan. She pulls some strings to get her lover, Kosuke Hasegawa (Ebizo Ichikawa) cast in the play, even though he’s a relatively unknown actor. Other performers Rio Asahina (Miho Nakanishi) and Jun Suzuki (Hideaki Ito) lust after Miyuki. Off stage the cast’s possessive love and obsessions exist as reality. Trapped between the play and reality, the cast’s feelings for each other are amplified. When it becomes clear that love is not meant to be both on and off stage, love turns into a grudge and crosses the blurred line between reality and fantasy.

Ebizo Ichikawa, Ko Shibasaki, Hideaki Ito, Miho Nakanishi, Maiko, Toshie Negishi, Hiroshi Katsuno and Ikko Furuya star.