Kawamura is a promising young man with everything going for him. On the eve of his wedding, he falls into a deep manhole. Despite sustaining a debilitating injury, he is determined to attend his wedding as planned, and resorts to social networks for help.
Acting
Yuto Nakajima's sweaty, desperate physicality carries the entire film.
Direction
Kumakiri turns 6 feet of concrete into an infinite psychological hellscape.
Writing
Brutal satire of 'going viral' when your life actually depends on it.
Director
Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film savagely critiques Japan's 'SNS savior' culture, where real emergencies become content for strangers' entertainment. Kawamura's viral pleas mirror actual 2019 incidents where Japanese Twitter users live-documented crises.
The entire manhole set was built 4 meters underground with practical limitations—Nakajima performed most stunts himself, including a 30-minute continuous take of his breakdown scene that left him genuinely hyperventilating.
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