Visitor Q (2001) | Region-Free (DVD) | Directed by Takashi Miike | English subtitles

Title: Visitor Q (2001)

Alternate Title: Bijitâ Q

Genre: Black Comedy, Horror, Drama

Plot Synopsis:
A dysfunctional family, each member grappling with their own perversions and issues, finds their lives disrupted by a mysterious stranger known only as Visitor Q. Through a series of bizarre and shocking events, the presence of Visitor Q leads the family to confront their deepest secrets and ultimately brings them to an unexpected sense of unity.

Cast and Crew:

• Director: Takashi Miike
• Writer: Itaru Era
• Cast:
  • Ken’ichi Endô as Kiyoshi Yamazaki (Father)
  • Shungiku Uchida as Keiko Yamazaki (Mother)
  • Kazushi Watanabe as Visitor Q
  • Jun Mutô as Takuya Yamazaki (Son)
  • Fujiko as Miki Yamazaki (Daughter)

YouTube Trailer:
Visitor Q 2001 – Trailer

IMDb Link:
Visitor Q (2001)

Reviews from Letterboxd:

1. Darren Carver-Balsiger – ★★★★☆
   “Incest. Heroin addiction. Bullying. Sadomasochism. Prostitution. Domestic abuse. Rape. Murder. Necrophilia. Visitor Q features all this but is the story of just one family. Director Takashi Miike rarely plays things safe and so Visitor Q is provocative, transgressive, and repulsive. It opens like Japanese incest porn and yet ultimately that is the tamer side of the film. This is a completely non-conformist movie.”
2. Bastian Lamb – ★★★★½
   “Incest, violence, abuse, and necrophilia. A completely destroyed family which a violent man for an unusual reason manages to unite. I love that Japan is able to produce movies like this. As a person who grew up and lived in a sick family, it makes my skin crawl. I miss that feeling of euphoria, this movie always makes me remember all that.”
3. Micah – ★★★★☆
   “If you accelerate the violence inherent to a system, can you force it to overclock its evil? Will it take itself to the logical conclusion—a true and blue purge that leaves it reborn? Is it even worthy of that? The Pasolini comparisons are such low-hanging fruit, but what isn’t usually mentioned is how Miike and Pasolini both use characters as such violent abstractions so they can be suitable vehicles for ideas and concepts.”

Meta Description:
“Visitor Q” (2001), directed by Takashi Miike, is a Japanese black comedy horror film that explores the depths of a dysfunctional family’s perversions and the transformative impact of a mysterious stranger known as Visitor Q.