Episode
Junji Ito Collection: Shiver / Marionette Mansion
Overview
In Shiver, a young boy notices the puzzling disease affecting his neighbor and recognizes it's symptoms from his own past. And in the second story, a puppeteer family finds themselves questioning who exactly is pulling the strings in their lives.
Details
- Series
- Junji Ito Collection
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2018-01-26
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Shiver / Marionette Mansion is Episode 4 in Season 1 of Junji Ito Collection. It aired on 2018-01-26. The runtime is 23 min.
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