ザ・ギニーピッグ マンホールの中の人魚 (1988)
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An artist grieving his wife discovers an injured mermaid in the sewers of Okinawa and brings her home.
The story
An artist struggling to come to terms with his wife’s death finds an injured mermaid in the sewers of Okinawa and takes her home. After a while, she begins bleeding from her wounds. He uses her blood to paint a portrait of the mermaid, while her condition continues to worsen.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Mermaid in a Manhole is a retelling of a manga by Hideshi Hino, who also directed this installment in the series. It is about an artist who, while trying to come to terms with his wife’s death, finds an injured mermaid in the sewers of Okinawa. He takes her home, and after a while she begins bleeding from her wounds. The artist uses her blood to paint a portrait of the mermaid, but as he paints, her condition keeps worsening and she dies. The artist dismembers her corpse, but then the police storm his apartment, and it becomes clear that the portrait he painted depicts his wife and that he has dismembered her body.
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