Stakeout (1958)

Original title

張込み

Directed by

Yoshitarō Nomura

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 56m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Two detectives stake out a house in a small town, waiting for a fugitive to show up. The long hours of watching and waiting test their patience and reveal the lives of the people they are monitoring.

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What happens

Stakeout (張込み, Harikomi) is a 1958 Japanese drama and crime film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, based on a short story by Seicho Matsumoto of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.