A Watcher in the Attic

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Fantasy,

Drama

Duration:

74 minutes

Year:

1994

Director:

Akio Jissoji

Cast:

Saburo Goda

Kusuo Kitamura

Kiichiro Katabe

Teruko Akiduki

Mikihiko Endo

Crew:

Director

Screenplay

Short Story

Editor

Assistant Director