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(Shinboru)
Hitoshi Matsumoto

A man wakes up alone in a white room with no windows or doors. When he presses a mysterious phallic protuberance that appears on the wall, a pink toothbrush materializes from nowhere, clattering to the floor and setting in motion a bizarre chain of events. Soon the imprisoned man is engaged in absurd and hilarious attempts to escape, releasing random objects from the walls and creating a life sized mouse trap game in which a rope, a toilet plunger and an earthenware jug full of sushi might just be the keys to his escape.

Festivals:

Toronto 2009, Pusan 2009, Deauville Asian Film Festival 2010

Director 
Hitoshi Matsumoto
Cast 
Hitoshi Matsumoto, David Quintero, Luis Accinelli, Lillian Tapia
Country 
Japan
Running time 
12h:00m
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