Shinboru -

: True to its title, the film treats every object and action as a symbol that lacks immediate context but carries immense weight in the larger "Theory of Everything".

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

: Critics often interpret the ending as an examination of the "God-theme" . The man's evolution from a confused prisoner to a being who manipulates reality suggests a surrealist origin story for a creator deity. Artistic Impact Symbol (Shinboru) - CCCB : True to its title, the film treats