Symbol (2009)

Original title

しんぼる

Directed by

Hitoshi Matsumoto

Genre

sport film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

AL

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 133 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man wakes up in a strange white room with no memory of how he got there. He discovers that rubbing certain objects on the wall causes bizarre things to happen around the world.

surrealabsurdwhimsicalunpredictablecomedicplayfuloffbeatbizarre

What happens

Symbol (しんぼる, Shinboru) is a 2009 Japanese surrealist comedy film directed by and starring Hitoshi Matsumoto. It was nominated for the Asian Film Awards in the categories of Best Actor and Best Visual Effects, and has not received a U.S. release. The film was greeted negatively by Japanese audiences; however, it received a surprisingly warmer reaction in the West, despite not being commercialized outside Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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