92
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisSeemingly banal in its conceit, wildly startling in its execution, it tracks a film crew that, like a detective squad, investigates what became of an ordinary man.
- 100Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearRemains a primo example that cinema actually traffics in truthiness 24 frames per second.
- 90VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibImamura's square-framed, black-and-white imagery, in all its various stylistic incarnations, proves as compelling through the docu's myriad detours as in any of his better-known psychological thrillers.
- 75Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe earthiest of Japanese New Wave directors, Shohei Imamura goes fascinatingly meta in this 1967 hybrid of investigative tract and ruminative experiment.
- 75New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNew York PostFarran Smith NehmeA groundbreaking, highly influential film, A Man Vanishes is a fiercely brilliant piece of work, but it's more intellectual challenge than pleasure.