The Artist of Fasting (2016) Trailer - Drama Japan

Profile
Movie: The Artist of Fasting
Romaji: Danjiki Geinin
Japanese: 断食芸人
Director: Masao Adachi
Writer: Franz Kafka (short story), Masao Adachi
Producer: Toshihiko Onozawa
Cinematographer: Yutaka Yamazaki
Release Date: February 27, 2016
Runtime: 104 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot:
A man appears and sits on the street. A boy, interested in the man sitting on the street, talks to the man, but the man doesn't say anything. The man just looks in the air. The boy takes a picture of the man and posts his picture on SBS. From the next day, people gather around the man. Soon, he becomes a "Hunger Artist" by the people.
Notes:
Based on the short story "A Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka (first published in 1922 in Die neue Rundschau).