This one doesn't entertain you, it wears you down in the best way. It opens at The Gate of Confusion and never once explains itself, and if you need a map you're already lost. The whole film is a walk: a protagonist meeting strange figure after strange figure, handing over a burden at each stop, getting lighter and stranger as he goes. Naoyuki Tsuji works solo, so every frame carries one person's hand and one person's unease, which is why it feels less like a movie and more like somebody's recurring dream you were never supposed to see. Nothing here moves fast, and the slowness is the whole argument. Watch it once, forget the images, then have one of them show up unannounced three weeks later while you're doing dishes.

A somewhat dark and surreal fantasy film from Naoyuki Tsuji. A lone protagonist begins a journey through a world whose starting point is the Gate of Confusion. Along the way he must encounter a series of odd characters, and through those meetings he works to let go of the burdens he carries and finally free himself. The result is a psychological tale with a strange, dreamlike tone.