Plot[]
Top star Ririko undergoes multiple cosmetic surgeries to her entire body. She's looked upon as an icon for beauty. As the toll of her multiple surgeries begins to take its toll, Ririko makes the lives of those around her miserable as she tries to deal with career and personal problems
Film cast[]
- Erika Sawajiri as Liliko Hirukoma
- Nao Ōmori as Makoto Asada
- Shinobu Terajima as Michiko Hada
- Gō Ayano as Shinichi Okumura
- Kiko Mizuhara as Kozue Yoshikawa
- Hirofumi Arai as Kinji Sawanabe
- Anne Suzuki as Kumi Hosuda
- Susumu Terajima as Keita Tsukahara
- Kaori Momoi as Hiroko Tada
- Show Aikawa as Mikio Hamaguchi
- Mieko Harada as Hisako Wachi
- Yōsuke Kubozuka as Takao Nanbu
Reception[]
Helter Skelter won an award of excellence at the Japan Media Arts Festival sponsored by the Japanese government in 2004. The manga also won the Grand Prize at the 2004 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. In 2008, it was nominated as an Official Selection at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in France.
Reviewing Helter Skelter, Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network gave the manga an overall A− grade. She believes Okazaki implies that the readers are "implicit in the creation of Lilikos with our craving for unattainable beauty in the media." She noted that some people will find the story difficult to stomach and the artwork "harsh," although the latter helps the story.
As of August 19, 2012, the film had grossed US$24,231,554 at the Japanese box office.