Symbol is a 2009 Japanese film directed by and starring Hitoshi Matsumoto

Hitoshi Matsumoto

, or Matchan as he is commonly known, is a Japanese comedian best known as the boke half the popular owarai duo Downtown alongside Masatoshi Hamada...

. It was nominated for the Asian Film Awards

Asian Film Awards

The Asian Film Awards are presented annually by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society to recognize excellence of film professionals in the film industries of Asian cinema.-History:...

 in the categories of Best Actor and Best Visual Effects. It has not received a U.S. release.

Story

The film contains two major story lines. The first takes place in Mexico and centers around a masked wrestler called Escargot Man and his family as they prepare for a match that night. These portions of the film are realistic, with dialogue in Spanish. In the second, more surreal storyline, a Japanese man wakes up in an empty white room from which he struggles to escape. The two story lines eventually indirectly converge.

External links

• Symbol at the Internet Movie Database