A glowing orb paralyzes you. You'd panic, but that takes effort.
Jobless young Tetsuo and his girlfriend Yuriko are inexplicably immobilized after laying eyes on an orb-like object that appears out of nowhere, setting into motion an enigmatic chain of events and an obsessive investigation by journalist Deguchi in this deadpan mystery that just might be a comment on the social malaise and inertia of 21st-century Japan.
Writing
Dialogue so dry it could dehydrate you
Direction
Committed anti-climax as aesthetic choice
Acting
Frozen performances that are somehow the point
Director
Yohei Suzuki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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