Drama · Japan · 2024 · 2h 1m

The Box Man

箱男

The Box Man poster
Director
Gakuryu Ishii
Cast
Masatoshi Nagase as "Myself" Tadanobu Asano as Fake Doctor Ayana Shiramoto as Yoko Koichi Sato as General Yuko Nakamura as Detective Kiyohiko Shibukawa as Badge-wearing Beggar
Crew
Hideho Urata — Director of Photography Banri NAGASE — Editor Katsumoto Michiaki — Original Music Composer Kiyotaka Inagaki — Writer Gakuryu Ishii — Writer Kōbō Abe — Novel
Tagline

Adaptation of 1973 eponymous novel by Kōbō Abe.

Synopsis

A photographer becomes intrigued by a mysterious man who has chosen to filter his experience of the world through a cardboard box placed over his head.

Trailer The Box Man — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Gakuryu Ishii Director Hideho Urata Director of Photography Banri NAGASE Editor Katsumoto Michiaki Original Music Composer Kiyotaka Inagaki Writer Gakuryu Ishii Writer Kōbō Abe Novel Keisuke Konishi Producer Tomohiko Seki Producer Yuji Hayashida Production Design
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