A Man Vanishes | |
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Directed by | Shohei Imamura |
Produced by | Shohei Imamura |
Written by |
Keiji Hasebe Shohei Imamura |
Starring |
Yoshie Hayakawa Shohei Imamura Shigeru Tsuyuguchi |
Music by | Toshiro Mayuzumi |
Cinematography | Kenji Ishiguro |
Edited by | Matsuo Tanji |
Distributed by | Art Theatre Guild (Japan) (theatrical), Nikkatsu Corporation (Japan) (theatrical), Toho International Company Inc. (USA), Icarus Films (USA) |
Release date
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July 8, 1967 |
Running time
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130 min. |
Language | Japanese |
A Man Vanishes (人間蒸発 Ningen Jōhatsu?) is a 1967 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura.
Superficially, it is a documentary about an ordinary man who—like many Japanese every year—disappears without trace, leaving his job and fiancee behind. Imamura, though, takes the narrative in unexpected directions, causing the viewer to question what is reality and what might be fiction.
A Region 0 DVD release in the Masters of Cinema series was issued in October 2011.