Tokyo Illusion

Jan 1, 1986

0h 15m

★ 0.0

Overview

A fragile-looking woman visits a photography studio, and the owner becomes increasingly captivated by her. This short film condenses the very essence of Jissōji’s style: a man meets a femme fatale and literally descends into ruin—told without dialogue, composed in an illusory fashion through music and imagery alone. Produced by the NSV Study Group as a demonstration piece for analog high-definition video.

Genres

Fantasy

Mystery

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Cast

Masami Horiuchi

Kiriko Shimizu

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