2022 · drama · mystery · identity
A Man
Directed by Kei Ishikawa2h 1m2022
Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.
Our read: A Man (2022) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · mystery · identity entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / mystery, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- twisty
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