Helter Skelter (2012)

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The 2012 Japanese film Helter Skelter starring Erika Sawajiri will be released on January 15 in Hong Kong with English subtitles. Is anyone planning on picking this up? Reviews seem to be mostly negative, but evidently it at least looks good. It's from the director of Sakuran.

From YesAsia:

"I'll show them what they want to see"

Renowned photographer Ninagawa Mika returns to filmmaking five years after her directorial debut Sakuran with Helter Skelter, based on the award-winning manga by Okazaki Kyoko. The controversial Sawajiri Erika gives a career-defining performance in her long-awaited return to the world of cinema, playing a gorgeous superstar whose good looks were created by drastic plastic surgery. Acclaimed for her keen eye for visuals, Ninagawa offers audiences a kaleidoscope-like assault on the senses with her colorful, disturbing exploration into the entertainment industry, showing both its shiny glamor and its darkest corners. In addition to Sawajiri, the hit drama co-stars Omori Nao (Golden Slumbers), Terashima Shinobu (Catapillar), Ayano Go (Gantz), Mizuhara Kiko (Norwegian Wood), Arai Hirofumi (Himizu), plus cameos by Kubozuka Yosuke (Ping Pong) and Suzuki Anne (The Egoists).

Known for her impeccable good looks, television personality and model LiLiCo (Sawajiri Erika) sets the standard for beauty. Like any superstar at the peak of fame, LiLiCo is an arrogant, narcissistic figure who makes everyone around her – including her long-suffering manager (Terashima Shinobu) – miserable. However, LiLiCo also has a secret that only her stylist (Arai Hirofumi) and her talent agency boss (Mamoi Kaori) know: LiLiCo's beauty was almost entirely created via plastic surgery. When LiLiCo's manufactured body begins to fall apart, the superstar's psyche also begins to crumble from her paranoia and insecurities.

Trailer:

HELTER SKELTER 2012 - Official TRAILER �ヘルタースケルター】 - YouTube