Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

A Man (2022)

A Man poster
Original title
ある男
Directed by
Kei Ishikawa
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 01m
Rated
G
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 80 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman asks a lawyer to investigate her late husband's past after learning he had been living under a stolen identity. The lawyer's search uncovers a series of deceptions and a man trying to escape his own history.

tenseintrospectivepensiveslow-burnmoodymysterioussombercerebral

What happens

A Man (Japanese: ある男, romanized: Aru otoko) is a 2022 Japanese psychological thriller film directed by Kei Ishikawa. Based on the novel of the same name by Keiichiro Hirano, the film premiered at the Horizons section of the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?