The Box Man

The Box Man follows a nameless figure in Tokyo who gives up his identity to live with a large cardboard box over his head, observing the world through a small opening as he wanders the streets. A photographer becomes interested in this mysterious man, and the box-dweller finds that he has himself become the object of close attention. The film is based on Kobo Abe's novel of the same name.

Gakuryu Ishii directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Kiyotaka Inagaki. The film is his fourth feature, arriving after The Crazy Family (1984), Isn't Anyone Alive? (2012) and That's It (2015), and it was produced by Keisuke Konishi and Tomohiko Seki. The cast includes Masatoshi Nagase, Tadanobu Asano, Ayana Shiramoto, Koichi Sato, Yuko Nakamura and Kiyohiko Shibukawa. It is a Japanese drama running 121 minutes.

The Box Man was released on 23 August 2024. On IMDb it holds a rating of 5.4 from 244 votes, a modest average with a small number of ratings.