Described as The Crow meets Wicked City, watch the teaser trailer for Subjugation below.
The Japanese monster movie is written and directed by Doug Roos (The Sky Has Fallen), who’s also handling the all-practical special effects.
Beneath the glossy exterior of Japanese society, they pull the strings of everything. Rich powerful men who can transform into monsters at will and brainwash others with their insidious signal. In this not-too-distant future, more and more women are stalked and murdered until Tokyo’s streets reek of death.
Karen Yoshida, Tsukasa, Atsuto Fujita, Ai Tatsuzawa, Takuto Nakamura, and Motomasa Okui star.
Meatball Machine filmmaker Jun’ichi Yamamoto serves as executive producer.
“This film is a personal passion project for me about a huge social problem in Japan now: stalking, which has been increasing for the last 10 years,” Roos tells Bloody Disgusting. “Very recently, a girl called the police nine times due to a stalker before being murdered, but there have been many cases like that. I wanted to make a very shocking, crazy movie to draw attention to this.”
Subjugation will be making its way to film festivals soon.