# A Man Vanishes

A Man Vanishes at Institute of Contemporary Arts, Saturday 7 November 2026, 13:00.

- Venue: Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London
- With: Tsuyuguchi Shigeru
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A Man Vanishes is a film by Japanese director Shōhei Imamura, made in 1967. It begins as an investigative documentary into the mysterious disappearance of a Tokyo salesman named Ôshima. As Imamura, actor Tsuyuguchi Shigeru, and Ôshima's fiancé continue the search, their investigation is outpaced by the complexity of their subject, their own characters, and the film's restless invention. Through overlapping interviews sketching Ôshima's character and last days, Imamura builds a serpentine collage of facts, opinions and hearsay about how we present ourselves and how reality is constructed.

## Dates

- Saturday 7 November 13:00 — Institute of Contemporary Arts

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