Suspense films have always had loyal fans, and Japanese suspense dramas also have a certain amount of interest. In addition to the previous several thrillers related to the village “Inunaki Village”, “Ushikubi Village”, and “Suicide Forest Village” has received much attention. This time Disney + created a suspenseful Japanese drama “Gannibal” in December 2022 has been on the shelves, and those who have not started watching it must not miss it!
“Gannibal” is adapted from the manga “Hunting” by manga artist Masaaki Ninomiya. According to the original manga story, the Japanese village of Kuge is a village in the mountains. This village has a horrible culture, that is, “food burial”. In the manga, it is mentioned that there is a disease called kuru disease, which is a contagious brain disease that has no cure, and this disease is real, mainly due to the frequent eating of human remains. Kuru disease includes headaches and trembling limbs at the beginning, and at a later stage, there will be schizophrenia, unprovoked laughter, and sudden death in the middle of laughter. Many people think that this is caused by a witchcraft curse, but in fact is the consumption of human brains with the virus, the most horrible part of this virus is that even after cooking can continue to survive.
This drama, starring the youngest ever Cannes-pop star Yagira Yuya, is about a detective who is dispatched to a Kuge Village with his wife and daughter because he killed a sex offender who was trying to get close to his daughter. The village has a beautiful landscape and the people are very nice too. The seemingly uneventful life is shattered by a murder. The daughter of a detective, who suffers from aphasia, finds a human finger by chance and finds the word “Run” carved on the corner of her new home. Now let’s see what the highlights of this episode are!
#1 Suspenseful but super realistic
The original manga was a best seller because the story of the Gotos family has a secret that is not known to the public, and this secret is related to the disappearance of many people in the village. In addition, the bizarre ritual of mourning here also makes the detective family feel uneasy, plus the custom of eating the raw flesh of the villagers here makes people feel creepy. The suspenseful murders, one after another, are the highlights of the drama that must be followed.
#2 Youngest Cannes Actor
Yagira Yuya was born in Tokyo and won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival at the young age of 14 for “The Summer Morning Nobody Knows”, the youngest winner ever and the first Japanese actor, a distinction that caused a sensation in Japan. Although with this award, his acting road is not straight up, all the way smooth, once experienced the peak and low tide, this time has 32 years old, with more mature acting skills show in “Gannibal”, so must see!
#3 Episodes rewritten by Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter
Internet users who have seen “Parasite” will surely know “Drive My Car”, the latter being the first Japanese film to receive international attention, not only receiving Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival and Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes, in addition to several nominations. The director of “Gannibal” used to be the assistant of “Parasite”, and one of the writers and directors of the Oscar best international film “Drive My Car”, Chong-Yoon Oe, also participated in this drama, presenting the character delicately in front of the screen, so how can you miss it?
#4 There is no such thing as black and white, good and evil
The wife of the criminal police officer in the episode is Riho Yoshioka from “I’m sorry, I love you”, in which she presents the trait of being a mother, trying to protect her daughter and also supporting her husband without complaint. However, in addition to bringing out the strange culture of this hidden village, the director also hopes that the audience will reflect on their own three views, as the episode shows the flaws of human nature, as well as the most primitive desires of human nature, and the gray areas in society. The criminal police is a very capable and responsible people, but always will be in pursuit of prisoners when the wrong use of violence, brutal beatings of prisoners for lynching, because of the hatred of these prisoners of evil, so is this right or wrong?
#5 The only way to survive is to be crazier than them
The head of the Goto family in “Gannibal” is 『that person』 who is actually the son of the grandmother of the head of the Goto family. The Goto Gin, who is more than 200 centimeters tall and has a face like a zombie, is considered the head of the Goto family and is able to control the ultimate power of life and death. The original Goto family’s grandmother was not the first heir and was also abused by the family elders for a long time, and as a result, pregnant with a child, she hid in the mountains because she had no choice but to start eating human flesh to survive. Goto Gin also grew up eating human flesh and living an inhuman life. Whether the impulsive and violent detective will succeed in finding out the truth about the strange murders and disappearances, we will only know by watching the episodes. The poster for the episode reads “Crazy, or eaten”, a short and precise explanation of the way to survive the “Gannibal”, which is to be crazier than they are.
“Gannibal” explores the greed and desire that exists in the heart of mankind, with 7 episodes already fully on the air, so if you like to watch the suspenseful genre, you can spend some time watching it!
