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Visitor Q

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A stranger (Kazushi Watanabe) befriends a family comprising a sexually deviant father (Kenichi Endo), an abused mother (Shungiku Uchida), a bullied son and a daughter who prostitutes herself.

Critics Reviews

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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness May 13, 2005
A-
The scandalous pinnacle of [Miike's] extreme cinema canon. Go to Full Review
Michael Atkinson Village Voice Jun 25, 2002
If Herschell Gordon Lewis had adapted Eugene O'Neill, the result still wouldn't out-thicken the muck of Miike's anti-achievement. Go to Full Review
Sam Moore Vague Visages Jun 5, 2024
In Visitor Q, the title character is presented as less of a sexual figure, and a more as a kind of lodestar, someone around whom the dysfunctional can gravitate, in order for them to find something approaching peace. Go to Full Review
Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Dec 1, 2019
a grotesque study of the human psyche, by a filmmaker who has transformed the rape of our aesthetics into his means of expression. Go to Full Review
Joe Bob Briggs United Press International Oct 24, 2016
4/4
This movie is sick, sicker and sickest. I loved it, of course. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jun 1, 2006
C+
It follows along the lines of Pasolini's more cerebral "Teorema" of the seduction of a dysfunctional family by a mysterious stranger. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Akatsuki M @RT02027212 5 days ago A wild, grotesque critique of Japanese society, depicting a dysfunctional family through its self-destruction and beyond in a deeply twisted way. I don't think it's a movie for everyone, especially considering how cheap the production looks at times (you can literally see the microphones appearing on camera), but the psychology and metaphors behind it are very strong and clever. Despite its clear intention to constantly showcase graphic violence, the movie is far from shallow or banal, I promise you. The short runtime helps a lot; it gets straight to the point. See more B P @Bradster69 Sep 4, 2026 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more Siriporn P @Malee Nov 6, 2025 Filthy but funny though. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Jun 4, 2025 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas de terror são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom. See more william d @acsdoug Dec 5, 2022 Perhaps the most dysfunctional family ever put on film, Visitor Q reminds me of John Waters' work from the 70s. It's 84 minutes of pure weirdness and grossness, although it lacks Waters' wonderful sense of humor. If you're in the mood for something bizarre, however, this more than fits the bill. See more May 22, 2021 Very challenging in many ways.....! I found it quite impressive and unique. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A stranger (Kazushi Watanabe) befriends a family comprising a sexually deviant father (Kenichi Endo), an abused mother (Shungiku Uchida), a bullied son and a daughter who prostitutes herself.
Director
Takashi Miike
Producer
Susumu Nakajima, Reiko Arakawa, Seiichiro Kobayashi
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
Columbia, TriStar Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 26, 2002, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 15, 2006
Runtime
1h 24m
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