Release Date

August, 23rd, 2024

Running Time

120 min

Genre

Thriller , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

DCP

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

Screening Format with Subtitles

English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

• ISHII Gakuryu

[ Produced by ]

• KONISHI Keisuke
• SEKI Tomohiko

[ Cast ]

• NAGASE Masatoshi ── "I"
• ASANO Tadanobu ── Fake Doctor
• SATO Koichi ── General

[ Staff ]

• ABE Kobo ── Original Story
• INAGAKI Kiyotaka ── Screenplay
• ISHII Gakuryu ── Screenplay
• URATA Hideho ── Cinematography
• NAGASE Banri ── Editor
• KATSUMOTO Michiaki ── Music

[ Production Company ]

The Box Man Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Happinet Phantom Studios

[ Story ]

Director Ishii Gakuryu's film adaptation of the 1973 novel of the same name by author Abe Kobo, who celebrated the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2024.The film had its world premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival.
The "Box Man" wears a cardboard box over his head and unilaterally observes the world from inside the box. Photographer "I" (Nagase Masatoshi) is fascinated by the box man, the final form that humans desire, and takes his first steps as a box man by putting on a cardboard box, but is faced with numerous trials and dangers.

[ Official Site ]

https://happinet-phantom.com/hakootoko/

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2024 Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale Special

[ Contact (International) ]

Happinet Phantom Studios Corp (formerly Phantom Film Co., Ltd.)
International Acquisitions and Sales
9F, A-PLACE Yoyogi Bldg., 5-23-15 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0051
Rep: KONISHI Keisuke
Attn: HATANO Rie
tel: +81-3-6862-0361
fax: +81-3-6862-0363
E-mail: rie.hatano@hsn.happinet.co.jp
https://happinet-phantom.com