Octopus (film)

Octopus
Directed by	Gou Suzuki
Produced by	Murase Yuki Yasushi Kawada Yoko Shimokage Hiroshi Yoneda
Starring	Miyako Maeda Kakinuma Takeshi Kiyomi Itō Ooki Hitomi
Music by	Hasegawa Hiroshi Kazuhiro Kunishi Sham-Tear
Release date(s)	1998
Running time	92 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Octopus is a 1998 Japanese horror film directed by Gou Suzuki, about a serial killer.

Synopsis

The main character, Shirozuki, goes insane after his wife divorces him. He then proceeds to kill her and her family members but does not stop there. He plots a massacre in the city of Tokyo. Being an incredibly brilliant former scientist, Shirozuki mutates a regular octopus to grow 20 times its size. The octopus wreaks havoc and destruction in Tokyo like Shirozuki had planned. But, towards the end, Shirozuki realizes the horrible crime he has done. Not being able to live with his guilt, he arms himself with a grenade, then throws himself in the octopus's path. The octopus eats him and explodes. The citizens of Tokyo honor Shirozuki as if he were a hero, not knowing he was only destroying the monster he created.

External links

• Octopus at the Internet Movie Database