A lawyer trades the courtroom for a camera factory and discovers life's blurry edges.
Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.
Acting
Matsumoto's restrained breakdown in the factory lunch scene.
Cinematography
Mirrors and lenses everywhere—watching the watcher.
Director
Eizō Sugawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's 'Income Doubling Plan' era, the film subverted state optimism with deliberate economic anxiety. Factory workers were supposed to be heroes; Sugawa made them ghosts.
The camera factory scenes were shot at an actual Nikon plant. Workers believed they were in a promotional film until they saw the final cut's existential dread.
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