Jobless young Tetsuo and his girlfriend Yuriko are inexplicably immobilized after laying eyes on an orb-like object that appears out of nowhere, setting into motion an enigmatic chain of events and an obsessive investigation by journalist Deguchi in this deadpan mystery that just might be a comment on the social malaise and inertia of 21st-century Japan.
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Kaoru Iida
Also in
The Road to Red Restaurant List
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Masatoshi Kihara
Also in
Godzilla Minus One
Missing Child Videotape
Yōhei Suzuki
Samon Imamura
Yukiko Koyama
Shu Ikeda
Yôhei Kashiwada
Samori Imamura
Sari Kaneko
Hitomi Karube
Rock Murakami
Also in
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Mystery Man
Shoji Omiya
Known for
Gannibal
Yohei Suzuki Director · Yukiko Koyama Writer
United States release March 24, 2015 · Produced in Japan · Original title 丸
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Japan
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Original title
丸
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Canada · October 22, 2014
Theatrical
United States · March 24, 2015
New Directors/New Films
Japan
September 19, 2015 · Mito Short Film Festival
Taiwan
July 2, 2015 · Taipei Film Festival
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