The Black Square

The Black Square

144 mins | Mystery | Oct. 24, 2012

Zhao-ping, a young Chinese artist, lives in an artists’ community near Bejing with his Japanese girlfriend Hana. One day he sees a black square floating in the sky. When the object lands, a bewildered naked man appears from it. He looks Japanese, but he doesn’t know who he is, or where he came from. Zhao-ping takes him under his wing. Is it an alien visitor? Then how is it possible that everyone the stranger meets thinks they know him from somewhere?

The Black Square

144 mins | Mystery | Oct. 24, 2012

The Black Square
Zhao-ping, a young Chinese artist, lives in an artists’ community near Bejing with his Japanese girlfriend Hana. One day he sees a black square floating in the sky. When the object lands, a bewildered naked man appears from it. He looks Japanese, but he doesn’t know who he is, or where he came from. Zhao-ping takes him under his wing. Is it an alien visitor? Then how is it possible that everyone the stranger meets thinks they know him from somewhere?
Producers
Original title 黒四角
Directors Hiroshi Okuhara
Writers Hiroshi Okuhara

Cast

Hideo Nakaizumi

as The Black Square

Miki Suzuki

as Hana

Gouzi

as Lao Huang

Pierre Bourdaud

as British art salesman