A Man Vanishes
人間蒸発
1967 · 2h 10m · Documentary, Drama · Japan
The film is finished, but reality is not.
A Man Vanishes examines the concept of Johatsu, tackling the phenomenon of people missing in Japan over the years. It picks one such person from the list, someone who had seemed to disappear from the face of the earth due to embezzlement from his company, and the filmmakers begin an investigative documentary into the reasons behind and attempt at tracking him down.
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Shōhei Imamura6.2Smart score
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