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押絵と旅する男 (1994)

押絵と旅する男 poster
Genre
mystery film
Country
Japan

How it feels

A man takes a journey with a strange painted picture. He becomes drawn into the mystery surrounding the image and the secrets it might hold.

mysteriousatmosphericslow-burnintriguingunsettlingeeriecerebralcontemplative

What happens

『押絵と旅する男』(おしえとたびするおとこ)は、江戸川乱歩の著した短編小説である。『新青年』1929年(昭和4年)6月号に掲載された。乱歩は自作の評価に厳しいことで有名だが、この作品に関しては「ある意味では、私の短篇の中ではこれが一番無難だといってよいかも知れない」と珍しく肯定的な言葉を残している。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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