A painter named Hayashi(Shigeru Saiki)finds a wounded mermaid(Mari Somei)and saves her.He takes her home and puts her into his bathtub where she keeps decomposing,the spreading disease spurting blood and pus.Hideshi Hino's "Guinea Pig 4:Mermaid in the Manhole" is easily one of th...( read more)
Mari Somei, Masami Hisamoto, Shigeru Saiki, Tsuyoshi Toshishige
An artist finds and rescues a mermaid in a sewer. He takes her home with him and she develops sores all over her body that begin to pustulate and bleed. He uses what oozes from her sores to paint her ...( read more
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Flixster Reviews (93)
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October 22, 2008
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October 7, 2007
You have to love the guinea pig series (Mr. Sheen excluded) for the fact its just an excuse to muck about with special effects. The Complete collection is lurking about on ebay somewhere.
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December 12, 2009
an ingenious modern day fairytale, even though the acting and story sucks; NOT for the faint-hearted
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October 18, 2009
The other entry that I previously saw. This is, along with Flowers, the most popular of the series and at least so far, the most creative. Painter guy finds Mermaid girl in the sewer. She's just chillin', all wounded and shit. He takes her home and um... well, what do you think?
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October 4, 2009
Hideshi Hino strikes back with a gruesome, twisted and NASTY Guinea Pig sequel, featuring a painter that finds a mermaid in a sewer and takes her to his home for making a painting (what the F#CK is a mermaid doing in a sewer!).
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August 9, 2009
The best entry in the Guinea Pig series. A truly beautiful and emotional work of art. Definitely worth seeing!
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June 12, 2009
Esta pelicula de 1 hora es... una prueba de resistencia contra el vomito. Gore, pus, sangre, gusanos y mucha pus Una sirena que queda varada en una alcantarilla y rescatada por un pintor que la lleva a su casa, la sirena sabe que morirá y le pide al pintor que la inmortalice pint...( read more)
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