Trismus
Original Title: Furueru shita (震える舌)
Year: 1980
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura
Country of origin: Japan
Trismus is not an easy movie to watch. Its plot shows the worsening of a tetanus infection that afflicts five-year-old Masako. After cutting her finger while playing, the girl and her parents are thrown into a hospital horror. The development of the infection is accompanied by the anxiety and violence of the medical procedures needed to treat it. Cuts, blood transfusions, probes, injections and extractions are all concentrated in a small, dark hospital room, building an oppressive atmosphere that some compare to that of “The Exorcist”. Family drama and body horror combine in this peculiar portrait of the hospital experience. Nominated for Japanese Academy Awards in eight categories, including best director and best leading actor.
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