1994
4.7 (6 votes)
1h 14m
Genres
Fantasy
Drama
A Watcher in the Attic (屋根裏の散歩者)
Overview
In 1923, in a cheap Tokyo rooming house, a languid young man named Goda was feeling bored with his life. One day while playing dress up with a woman’s wig and lipstick, he accidentally loosens a ceiling board in his closet. Climbing up, he discovers a dimly lit passageway under the roof leading to the resident’s other rooms. Soon he is scampering about like a ninja, making knotholes and moving ceiling boards for a better view. What he sees are the intimate acts - sadistic, criminal or vaguely mad - that reveal infinitely more about his fellow roomers than the various fronts they present to the world.
Key Crew
Director: Akio Jissoji
Producer: Takashige Ichise, Makoto Ishihara, Moto Seta
Screenplay: Akio Satsukawa
Director of Photography: Masao Nakabori
