| Director: | Kei Ishikawa |
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| Production: | Shochiku Co. (Minori Tabuchi, Shuhei Akita)
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| Running Time: | 121’ |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Country: | Japan |
| Main Cast: | Satoshi Tsumabuki, Sakura Andô, Masataka Kubota |
| Screenplay: | Kosuke Mukai |
| Cinematographer: | Ryuto Kondo |
| Editor: | Kei Ishikawa |
| Production Designer: | Hiroyuki Wagatsuma |
| Costume Designer: | Sayaka Takahashi |
| Music: | Cicada |
| Sound: | Takeshi Ogawa |
| Visual Effects: | Satoshi Akabane |
| Dal romanzo: | Aru Otoko |
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| Di: | Keiichiro Hirano |
After divorcing, Rie has found happiness with her second husband Daisuke and formed a new family. But when Daisuke dies in a tragic accident, she discovers her new husband was not the man she thought he was. Rie calls on the attorney Kido to help her find the truth about the identity of the man she loved. A quest that will open larger questions about the nature of identity itself, and what makes a person real at all.
When we fall in love, what is it about the other person we fall in love with? What if that person turns out to be someone completely different? What if their hidden past harbours the most unexpected secret? This question has tormented me for a long time. Aru Otoko offers no simple answer to the question “Who is X?”, the mysterious man at the centre of the film. Rather, it is a labyrinth with no escape. The title is purposely vague to show that X could be anyone. I wish for us to witness the light that X would have found at the end of his long, challenging labyrinth of life, because I strongly believe that it will remind us of how precious life is.
PRODUCTION: Minori Tabuchi, Shuhei Akita – Shochiku Co., Ltd.
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