A Japanese business traveler is completely exhausted at a German airport. There, Mr. Oshima seems already to be expected by a businessman and his translator, from whom he spontaneously abducts himself to the foreign city. In his surreal odyssey through the night, however, he loses himself more and more, until he finally disappears without a trace and nothing remains of him as this story.
Cinematography
Fluorescent hellscapes that make airports feel genuinely cursed.
Acting
Iwamoto's gradual dissolution into pure confusion is devastating.
Direction
Henning weaponizes the mundane until it feels supernatural.
Director
Lars Henning
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title character shares a name with Nagisa Oshima, Japanese New Wave director famous for films about societal outsiders—likely not accidental for this tale of corporate alienation.
Shot in actual Frankfurt airport locations during overnight hours when the filmmakers had limited access, creating genuine liminal authenticity.
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