The Wart (1996)
A man becomes obsessed with delusions due to his obsession with a woman he lost, and loses sight of reality. A girl he meets in a rundown entertainment district gently accepts the man's delusions. The only time the two, who seek each other as if to erase the boundary between self and other, feel reality is when they indulge in a dangerous game involving a time bomb... The audiovisual effects, calculated down to the smallest detail, such as the rain and humidity, the deliberate use of red in the color scheme, and the pop song the woman hums, contribute to the continuation of the conceptual story.
Director:
Shinji Imaoka
Writers:
Takanobu Hoshikawa, Shinji Imaoka.
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Yohta Kawase as Yoshio |
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Yumika Hayashi as Michiko |
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Kazuhiro Sano as Bar owner |
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Maako Mizuno as Takako |
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Tetsu Tomioka as Japanese man with foreigners |
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Hiroshi Sato as Man in uniform |
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Minako Tobe as Woman in red |
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Ami Amed as Foreigner |
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Yukiko Izumi as |
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Ali Ahmed as Foreigner |
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Max von Schuler as Foreigner |
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Takanobu Hoshikawa as Man in uniform |
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Kiyomi Itō as Woman at construction sight |
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Tomohiro Okada as Yoshio's former colleague |
| Directing | Shinji Imaoka | Director |
| Editing | Shōji Sakai | Editor |
| Camera | Kazuhiro Suzuki | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Takanobu Hoshikawa | Screenplay |
| Directing | Toshirō Enomoto | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Shinji Imaoka | Screenplay |
| Camera | Satoshi Kagamihaya | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Kazunari Aoki | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Kohei Yamaji | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Shinji Imaoka | Editor |
| Production | Keiko Satô | Producer |
| Sound | gaou | Original Music Composer |
