Summary
A photographer becomes intrigued by a mysterious man who has chosen to filter his experience of the world through a cardboard box placed over his head.
Good for
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
- Thought-provoking
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 58GoodWatch 46
Letterboxd · 2 K ratings3.1/5
IMDb5.4
Running time
2 h 1 min
A typical length for dramas, +12 min on the typical 109
typical 109121Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
2024
August 23, 2024
2 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
and 3 moreDirecting · 2
- Gakuryu Ishii Director, Writer
- Kotaro Sato Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Kiyotaka Inagaki Writer
- Kōbō Abe Novel
Production · 4
- Keisuke Konishi Producer
- Tomohiko Seki Producer
- Ryuji Inagaki Line Producer
- Kaori Iizuka Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Hideho Urata Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Banri Nagase Editor
- Karol Kaczorowski Colorist
Sound · 3
- Katsumoto Michiaki Original Music Composer
- Masatoshi Katsumata Sound Effects
- Masashi Furuya Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Yuji Hayashida Production Design
Visual Effects · 2
- Ayumi Yamada Visual Effects
- Hiromasa Inoue Visual Effects
Lighting · 1
- Yoshio Tsunetani Gaffer
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