The Man Without a Map (1968)

Original title

燃えつきた地図

Directed by

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Genre

mystery

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 58m

Rating

6.6 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

A private detective searches for a missing man in a gritty urban landscape. The investigation slowly dissolves into a blur of fragmented clues and the detective's own unraveling sense of identity.

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What happens

The Man Without a Map (Japanese: 燃えつきた地図, Hepburn: Moetsukita chizu) is a 1968 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara and starring Shintaro Katsu. The screenplay was adapted by Kōbō Abe from his novel The Ruined Map. This was the fifth and final film collaboration between Teshigahara and Abe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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