The film follows two seemingly unrelated stories that eventually collide in a grand, cosmic climax:
To ask what genre Symbol, by Japanese director Hitoshi Matsumoto, belongs to tends to spoil its sophisticated conceptual approach. Symbol – The Asian Cinema Critic Shinboru
: A man (Matsumoto) in polka-dot pajamas awakens in a vast, sterile white room with no exit. The walls are covered in "phallic protuberances"—cherubic switches that, when pressed, release random objects like toothbrushes, sushi, or even live animals. The film follows two seemingly unrelated stories that