A lonely and isolated man, deaf and mute, finds solace in crafting puppets. When his cruel sister and brother-in-law make his life miserable, he turns to a new job as a lab assistant to a scientist working on reanimating the dead. After the professor's sudden death, Shanks uses the knowledge to bring a human body back to life and seeks revenge on those who have wronged him.

Shanks
A mysterious puppeteer masters a groundbreaking art, imbuing lifeless bodies with a sinister semblance of life, creating a troupe of mesmerizing puppets that obey his every gesture.