Doppelganger (2003)

Original title

ドッペルゲンガー

Directed by

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Genre

drama film, horror film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

15

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A robotic engineer feels stuck and unhappy. He suddenly meets a doppelganger of himself who behaves in a very different way.

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What happens

Doppelganger (Japanese: ドッペルゲンガー, Hepburn: Dopperugengā) is a 2003 Japanese black comedy directed and co-written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Kōji Yakusho, Hiromi Nagasaku and Yūsuke Santamaria. In the film, a robotic engineer frustrated with his life (Yakusho) suddenly encounters another version of himself (also played by Yakusho), who acts very differently than he does. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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