勅使河原宏の世界, DVD Collection
Disc 1. Otoshiana (The Pitfall), 1962 : Based on the experimental fiction of postwar novelist Kobo Abe, Otoshiana is a social critique set in the post-war mining communities of western Japan. A homeless miner, following a tip for some good work, is pursued and killed by a man clothed entirely in white. A woman in the deserted nearby village witnesses the murder, and is bullied by the murderer into giving false testimony to the police. Mistrust spreads throughout the mining community and more deaths follow. The ghosts of killed characters rise from the ground and follow the play of the action, like vocal audience members, unable to address the living but imploring them just the same to answer the question, 'Why was I killed? What was it for? Where was the meaning in my life?'
DVD Video, Japanese, 2002
Asmic Ace Entertainment, Inc., Tōkyō, 2002