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A Man Vanishes (1967)

A Man Vanishes (1967)

Drama Documentary

The film is finished, but reality is not.

Release Date: 1967, July 8
Directors: Shōhei Imamura
Countries: Japan
Production: Art Theatre Guild, Imamura Productions, Imamura Productions, Nihon Eiga Shinsha, Nihon Eiga Shinsha
Cast: Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Yoshie Hayakawa

Overview:

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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