Name: The Man Who Was There
Director: Shinzo Katayama
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2020-11-13
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Yaeko Kiyose, Hidekazu Yasui, Yuya Matsuura, Eriko Nakamura, Sawaka Minaguchi

Question 1

What is The Man Who Was There about?

Accepted Answer

A woman named Saki is discovered covered in blood and sat next to the body of an actor in the elevator hall of a condominium. She smokes a cigarette and seems stunned. The film takes audiences back two years in the past, a time when Saki, a staff member on a film, met the actor, Sho, on set and fell in love. He used her badly and had another woman on the side and so Saki reveals how strong her love is and the event occurs that night we first meet her. A short film directed by Shinzo Katayama, whose debut feature film Siblings of the Cape attracted and was screened in different countries. He also has a credit as an AD on Bong Joon-Ho’s mystery-thriller film Mother and Nobuhiro Yamatshita’s The Drudgery Train. The script is by Yukiko Sode who is responsible for Good Stripes and Aristocrats.

Question 2

Who appears in The Man Who Was There?

Accepted Answer

Yaeko Kiyose, Hidekazu Yasui, Yuya Matsuura, Eriko Nakamura, Sawaka Minaguchi appear in The Man Who Was There.

Question 3

What genre is The Man Who Was There?

Accepted Answer

The Man Who Was There is listed under Drama, Crime.

Question 4

How long is The Man Who Was There?

Accepted Answer

The Man Who Was There has a runtime of 34 minutes.

Question 5

What year was The Man Who Was There released?

Accepted Answer

The Man Who Was There was released in 2020.