Salaryman 6 is a seven minute drama that is based on one character called Shiode. After Shiode loses his memory, he pieces together his rather boring and repetitive life with the help of his modified camera.
This short film begins with the ending of Shiode waking up from his daze, starting his memory loss. Although, it is more a case of Short Term Memory loss, in that he cannot remember what happens the day before. Shiode is a very isolated person that is very alone. This is not only portrayed through the physical sense that he is never with anybody else, but the sheer size of his apartment block and that every apartment is identical. His apartment is this tiny little part of this huge block, much like he is one tiny little part of not only the world, but his corporation.
He explains that he decides to take pictures of his days, but using his specially modified camera that takes pictures automatically. He hangs the camera round his neck so that it takes pictures all day.
As the film begins, the pace is quite slow with slow editing, but as the film progresses the rate of editing becomes much faster as though the audience knows what is happening and Knight (The Director) is just trying to show us the important parts of the camera flashing.
Near the end it is revealed to us how mundane and repetitive his life is, showing the same four pictures over four days. The whole concept and ideology within this film is about loneliness and solitude. And it is conveyed through all Shiode's surroundings being white. White being a blank canvas. A canvas for his whole life to start again.
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