A Man Vanishes (1967)

Original title

人間蒸発

Directed by

Shohei Imamura

Genre

documentary film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 09m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film crew investigates the disappearance of a man in Japan. The documentary blurs the line between reality and fiction as the search unfolds.

unsettlingambiguousrealisticreflectiveslow-pacedobservationalthought-provokingunpredictable

What happens

A Man Vanishes (人間蒸発, Ningen jōhatsu) (lit. Evaporation of a person) is a 1967 Japanese pseudo documentary film by director Shōhei Imamura about a film team's search for a man reported missing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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