Film

The Human Chair

1997 · 1h 26m · Drama · Crime

IMDb

5.5

After seeing her husband off to work, the young author identified only as Yoshiko sets off to read the large collection of letters she received from other young authors. These are often letters containing samples of their work for critique. One large envelope contains a letter. The letter-writer does not provide his name. The letter is a confession of crimes. The letter-writer has no family or friends, and claims to be "ugly beyond description". He is a chair maker and loves his work and all the chairs he creates, even going so far as to claim some sort of intangible connection to his work.

Misa Shimizu

Yoshiko Shinozaki

Jun Kunimura

Shoichiro Shimizu

Kazuhiro Yamaji

Ningen Isu

Yasuko Mitsuura

Tamie

Naoko Amihama

Young girl

Bang-ho Cho

Norika Fujiwara

Party Goer

Asako Kobayashi

Modern girl

Asako Maekawa

Akira Otaka

Yamanaka

Yoichi Nukumizu

Yoshimura

• Toshiyuki MizutaniWriter · Director
• Rampo EdogawaNovel
• Kazuo SuzakiProducer
• Yuichi NagataDirector of Photography
• Hani MituhashiEditor

Release date

April 19, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Drama, Crime

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