Plot
A documentary fantasy. Penniless miners talk in passing about labor unions. A miner and his young son go to a village in Kyushu where the miner has been told he'll find work, but it's a ghost town, save for one woman. The miner leaves and is followed by a man in a white suit and white gloves. A murder takes place: faked footprints, bribery and intrigue, investigations, a frame-up, and a ghost who wants to know why meet in a story of realism and the surreal. A child mutely witnesses all. Does the truth count for anything in this world or in the next? Can everything be manipulated?
Written by
Kôbô Abe
Directed by
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Crew
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Toho, Art Theatre Guild, Teshigahara Productions
Languages
Awards
1 nomination total
Scores
# of Votes
4,516
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA