Symbol

– A Japanese man wakes up alone in a brightly illuminated white room with no windows or doors. When he..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 33 Minutes
Release Year:
2009
Original Name:
しんぼる
Symbol (2009) - Also known as しんぼる

A Japanese man wakes up alone in a brightly illuminated white room with no windows or doors. When he presses a mysteriously phallic protuberance that appears on one wall, a pink toothbrush materializes from nowhere, clattering to the floor and setting in motion a genuinely bizarre chain of events. Soon the imprisoned man is engaged in absurd and hilarious attempts to escape the gleaming room, releasing random objects from the walls, 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. Meanwhile, in a dusty town, a green masked Mexican wrestler known as Escargot Man prepares for an important match.

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Release Date:

12 Sep 2009

Language:

Japanese, Spanish, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Hitoshi Matsumoto

Writer:

Hitoshi Matsumoto (screenplay), Mitsuyoshi Takasu (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Hitoshi Matsumoto, David Quintero, Luis Accinelli, Lilian Tapia

Plot:

A man wakes up alone in a brightly illuminated white room with no windows or doors. When he presses a mysteriously phallic protuberance that appears on one wall, a pink toothbrush materializes from nowhere, clattering to the floor and setting in motion a genuinely bizarre chain of events. Soon the imprisoned man is engaged in absurd and hilarious attempts to escape the gleaming room, releasing random objects from the walls, 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. Meanwhile, in a dusty town, a green masked Mexican wrestler known as Escargot Man prepares for an important match. His family gathers around him, worried about his seeming impassivity before battle.

Awards:

4 nominations.

Production:

Yoshimoto Kogyo Company

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10