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Symbol is a film of genre Comedy directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto with Hitoshi Matsumoto
Symbol (2009)
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Add to a movie listSymbol is a 2009 Japanese film directed by and starring Hitoshi Matsumoto. It was nominated for the Asian Film Awards in the categories of Best Actor and Best Visual Effects. It has not received a U.S. release.
The film was greeted negatively by Japanese audiences; however, it received a surprisingly warmer reaction in the West, despite not being commercialized outside of Japan.
Synopsis
Un japonais se réveille un beau jour, seul, dans une pièce immaculée de blanc, sans fenêtres, ni portes. Lorsqu'il appuie sur une protubérance en forme de pénis fixée sur au mur, une brosse à dents rose apparaît comme sortie de nulle part et enclenche une série d'événements vraiment étranges...Actors
Hitoshi Matsumoto
(The Man)
Oscar James
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