Hako Otoko (2024)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 120 minuten
Alternative titles: The Box Man / 箱男
Country:
Japan
Directed by: Gakuryû Ishii
Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Tadanobu Asano and Ayana Shiramoto
IMDb score:
5,4 (243)
Releasedate: 16 February 2024
Hako Otoko plot
A man with a cardboard box over his head wanders the streets of Tokyo. He peers at the world through a peephole and continuously writes down what he sees in a notebook. The photographer Myself sees the man and is fascinated. He decides to do the same and become a box man himself. But his path there is not easy; countless challenges and dangers lurk.
Actors and actresses
"Myself"
Fake Doctor
General
Yoko
Detective
Badge-wearing Beggar
Reviews & comments
Onderhond
-
- 87623 messages
- 12890 votes
Nice new Ishii.
The marketing of the film is a bit overblown, for the enthusiast it is mainly an interesting mix of previous styles and influences. That the project has been alive for thirty years will be fine, but that is pure lead time. It is mainly a crazy premise, combined with Ishii's mix of punk and drama. A bit like Vital.
Nice that Nagase and Asano are facing each other again. Also enough to talk about. The difficult thing about this film is that it is a mix of arthouse and cult/genre, which limits the film to a smaller audience. But fans of Ishii will find what they are looking for here.
4.5* and an extensive review
Translated from Dutch · View original
james_cameron
-
- 7060 messages
- 9827 votes
A tough affair, this wacky Japanese film about somber men living in cardboard boxes and boring the unsuspecting viewer with endless intellectual drivel. With the arrival of a beautiful woman, everything seems bearable after all, but alas, the film then drags on for another hour to its rather unremarkable ending. I must have missed the point!
Translated from Dutch · View original
Trending Movies
Corporate & Media
Realtimes Network
Innovatieweg 20C
7007 CD, Doetinchem, Netherlands
+31(315)-764002
