A Man Vanishes (1967)
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  • Summary: (Also known as "Ningen Johatsu") The American premiere of a 1967 documentary by one of Japan's most prominent directors Shohei Imamura which focuses on a seemingly ordinary office worker who was one of the 91,000 Japanese citizens who disappeared in that year. [New York Times]

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  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    Nov 14, 2012
    100
    Seemingly banal in its conceit, wildly startling in its execution, it tracks a film crew that, like a detective squad, investigates what became of an ordinary man.
  2. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: David Fear
    Nov 14, 2012
    100
    Remains a primo example that cinema actually traffics in truthiness 24 frames per second.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    Nov 16, 2012
    90
    Imamura's square-framed, black-and-white imagery, in all its various stylistic incarnations, proves as compelling through the docu's myriad detours as in any of his better-known psychological thrillers.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Farran Smith Nehme
    Nov 15, 2012
    75
    A groundbreaking, highly influential film, A Man Vanishes is a fiercely brilliant piece of work, but it's more intellectual challenge than pleasure.

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