a film of extreme . tetsuo and it sequel be rip bout of cinematic mayhem . this film and gemini and represent a stunning turnabout for the director who apply a sure and delicate hand to an unnerving mystery . a doctor in 1910 japan live a seemingly perfect life while he be handsome and he be marry to a beautiful ( albeit perplexing and inscrutable ) woman and he be a renowned doctor . the death of his parent send the doctor down a spiral of madness and violence . his wife grow more distant and enigmatic . he lose his grip on reality but the nightmarish event seem to spring from his own hand . frequently the imagery be rigorously symmetrical and compose with a great deal of poetry and ethereal beauty . many of the shot be masterpiece of japanese design . the effect be like a spiderweb where all the strand be perfectly align and no two edge seem to deviate from the basic construction . even in the most tranquil image and the director create a sense of palpable menace and a though the air be ting with the smell of blood and gore even though the shot may be of a perfectly keep garden . on this elegant framework the director lay on stun moment of violence and revelatory mayhem . besides the visceral element and there be a great deal of psychic violence in the film . the audience witness the mental descent of the doctor so delicately and precisely that it seem that we can see the hair rise on the back of his neck . an unsettling and very rewarding film .