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Orozco the Embalmer (2001)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 32M

Director : Kiyotaka Tsurisaki
Writer : Kiyotaka Tsurisaki

Synopsis

In 1996, Tsurisaki Kiyotaka, one of Japan’s most infamous death photographers, ventured into the center of Hell itself - the Rue Morgue neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia. With death and murder rampant, the corpses eventually find their way to embalmer Froilan Orozco, who has been tending the dead for over 50 years. We watch as bodies are brought in to his shop and he prepares them for their funerals.

Actors

Froilan Orozco
Froilan Orozco
Self
Biruta
Biruta
Self
Wipa
Wipa
Self
Birutica
Birutica
Self

Crews

Kiyotaka Tsurisaki
Kiyotaka Tsurisaki
Director
Álvaro Fernández Bonilla
Álvaro Fernández Bonilla
Cinematography
Kiyotaka Tsurisaki
Kiyotaka Tsurisaki
Editor
Kiyotaka Tsurisaki
Kiyotaka Tsurisaki
Screenplay
Kaoru Adachi
Kaoru Adachi
Editor

Trailers and other movies

OROZCO EL EMBALSAMADOR - TRAILER

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