ID 1310816978 A Man (2022) (Blu-ray) (Special Edition) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version)
Ishikawa Kei's suspense thriller A Man swept eight prizes at the 46th Japan Academy Prize including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor for Tsumabuki Satoshi, Best Supporting Actor for Kubota Masataka, and Best Supporting Actress for Ando Sakura. Based on Hirano Keiichiro's Yomiuri Prize-winning novel Aru Otoko, A Man reunites Gukoroku - Traces of Sin director Ishikawa Kei, screenwriter Mukai Kosuke and star Tsumabuki Satoshi for a mystery that goes in unexpected directions. Attorney Kido Akira (Tsumabuki Satoshi) receives a strange request from client Taniguchi Rie (Ando Sakura) to do a background check on her late husband Daisuke (Kubota Masataka). She had been happily married to Daisuke, but lost him suddenly to an accident. On the day of Daisuke's memorial service, his estranged older brother Kyoichi (Mashima Hidekazu) showed up. Upon seeing the portrait of the deceased, Kyoichi told Rie a shocking truth: her beloved husband was not Daisuke but a completely different person whose real name she didn't ever know. Kido meets various people while searching for the true identity of this man who lived as another person. This edition comes with a bonus DVD of special features including making-of and event footage.