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The Man Without a Map

1968 · 118 min

A slow, disorienting drift through a city where the search dissolves the searcher, leaving you unsettled and quietly lost.

Overview
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man for whom he is searching.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • obsession
    • isolation
    • mystery
    • deception
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    mystery
    Directed by
    Hiroshi Teshigahara
    Written by
    Kōbō Abe
    Starring
    Shintarō Katsu, Etsuko Ichihara, Osamu Ōkawa, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Tamao Nakamura, Kinzō Shin, Reiko Kasahara, Hōsei Komatsu
    Music
    Tōru Takemitsu
    Cinematography
    Akira Uehara
    Runtime
    118 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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