Glass Enclosure: Tokyo Invisible

The lack of transparency of societal traffic in Tokyo gives the outsider the feeling that he is seeing this metropolis from within a tower of frosted glass. The only way to break through the alienation and loneliness is to go out and look for contact with the people and the essence of the immense city. "Like a recurring dream, the writer wakes up again and again in a glass enclosure. He looks down below, watching the tiny people streaming here and there. Is this his glass enclosure? Is it theirs? And when dusk sets in, so do his emotions. Descending and rising. This city, this great big city. Tokyo. Toh-kyoh. He cannot remember if it was a good idea or a bad idea that brought him there. It is no fun to be lost and lonely in Tokyo, he thinks. Then voices come to him. They tell of loneliness, despair, quiet desperation. Nothing lost in translation, their loneliness echoes loud and clear. The same loneliness that strangles his soul. Still, the voices come. And then some linger. Some speak of hope, of change, of unexpected kindness." (Mohd Naguib Razak). (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)