Shohei Imamura's documentary-fiction film begins as a search for a missing salesman and turns into a probing examination of truth, performance and the filmmaking itself. Provocative and cunning, it is a landmark of blurring genres.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (923 votes)
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