Pitfall

Pitfall

1962 · 97 min · JA · 7.3 (88 votes)
Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara · Starring Hisashi Igawa, Sumie Sasaki, Sen Yano, Hideo Kanze, Kunie Tanaka, Kei Satō · Music Yuji Takahashi
FantasyCrimeDramaMystery

A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.

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A man's search for work leads him and his son into a spectral, forgotten town. This dreamlike, unsettling film explores the existential dread of lost souls and the ghosts of labor. A truly unique, haunting experience.

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