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| Directed by | Kei Ishikawa |
| Screenplay by | Kōsuke Mukai (ja) |
| Starring | Satoshi Tsumabuki Sakura Andō |
| Cinematography | Tatsuto Kondo (ja) |
| Music by | Cicada |
Release date | 2022 |
| Language | Japanese |
A Man (Japanese: ある男, "Aru otoko") is a 2022 Japanese psychological thriller film directed by Kei Ishikawa.
Based on a novel with the same name by Keiichiro Hirano, the film premiered at the Horizons section of the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[1][2][3]
In the Miyazaki Prefecture, divorced Rie Takemoto meets a man called Daisuke Taniguchi, with whom she falls in love and soon marries. They have a happy family, until an accident takes Daisuke's life. A year after Daisuke's funeral, a Taniguchi relative tells Rie that man on the funeral's picture, wasn't Daisuke. Shocked by the incident, Rie employs Akira Kido, a lawyer and old friend, to set out to investigate her husband's real identity and background. The more they find out about Daisuke's background, the more shocking truths surface about the past and test their relationships with their own loved ones.
