A Man (film)

A Man (Japanese: ある男, "Aru otoko") is a 2022 Japanese psychological thriller film directed by Kei Ishikawa [jp].

A Man
Directed by	Kei Ishikawa [jp]
Screenplay by	Kōsuke Mukai (ja)
Starring	Satoshi Tsumabuki Sakura Andō
Cinematography	Tatsuto Kondo (ja)
Music by	Cicada
Release date	2022 (2022)
Language	Japanese

Based on the novel of the same name by Keiichiro Hirano, the film premiered at the Horizons section of the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival.^[1][2][3]

Plot

In the Miyazaki Prefecture, divorced Rie Takemoto meets a man called Daisuke Taniguchi, with whom she falls in love and soon marries. They have a happy family, until an accident takes Daisuke's life. A year after Daisuke's funeral, a Taniguchi relative tells Rie that man on the funeral's picture, wasn't Daisuke. Shocked by the incident, Rie employs Akira Kido, a lawyer and old friend, to set out to investigate her husband's real identity and background. The more they find out about Daisuke's background, the more shocking truths surface about the past and test their relationships with their own loved ones.

Cast

• Satoshi Tsumabuki: Akira Kido
• Sakura Andō: Rie Taniguchi
• Masataka Kubota: Daisuke Taniguchi
• Nana Seino: Misuzu Gotō
• Hidekazu Mashima (ja): Kiyoshi Taniguchi
• Kazutoyo Koyabu: Nakakita
• Aito Sakamoto: Yūto Taniguchi
• Miyako Yamaguchi: Hatsue Takemoto
• Kitarō (ja): Itō
• Shinsuke Kato (ja): Yanagisawa
• Yuumi Kawai: Akane
• Denden: Kosuge
• Yōko Maki: Kaori Kido
• Akira Emoto: Norio Komiura