An aspiring hairdresser becomes the infatuation of a tricophilic man who sells hair extensions to nearby salons. The source is the corpse of a girl whose corpse continues to grow beautiful, voluminous, black hair that comes alive, either driving the extension user insane or killing them.

Chiaki Kuriyama
as Yuko Mizushima

Ren Osugi
as Gunji Yamazaki

Megumi Sato
as Yuki Morita

Tsugumi
as Kiyomi Mizushima

Eri Machimoto
as Sachi Koda

Miku Satô
as Mami

Yūna Natsuo
as Kondo

Ken Mitsuishi
as Tatsuo Sugawara

Tetsushi Tanaka
as Yaguchi

Ryosuke Nagata
as Yuta Sakurai
Kai
I watched this for Sion Sono's birthday and I should treat myself on directors' birthdays more often, goddamn. Exte was easily my "most uncomfortable" watch of 2019. I've only watched one other film of Sono's, so I knew he was very good when it came to gore, but I didn't know what to expect from ...