A photographer becomes intrigued by a mysterious man who has chosen to filter his experience of the world through a cardboard box placed over his head.
The Box Man is a 2024 Japanese drama film directed by Gakuryū Ishii. The film is adaptation of 1973 eponymous novel by Japanese author Kōbō Abe. It is surreal story in which a cardboard box becomes the perfect shell for men who want to withdraw from society, and gaze without being seen.