Manriki (film)

Manriki (stylized in all capitals), also known as Vise, is a 2019 Japanese satirical black comedy film directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu [ja].

[1][a] The film's plot revolves around a young woman who, being desperate to succeed as a fashion model, undergoes a grotesque and painful facial reduction procedure using a vise.

Her face is disfigured as a result, which leads to absurd and darkly comic consequences.

Saitoh and director Shimizu based the film on a script that had been inspired by the discomfort Nagano felt at a fashion-industry event.

[3] It is the first feature film by Team MANRIKI, a filmmaking project team consisting of Saito, Nagano, Shimizu, and musician and actor Nobuaki Kaneko.