"World on a Wire," a sci-fi film depicting a multi-layered virtual reality world that foreshadowed films like "The Matrix" and "Inception," will be released at Eurospace in Shibuya, Tokyo, in March 2016. Directed in 1973 by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the genius of New German Cinema, the film vividly depicts an "imitation world" with its extensive use of mirrors, electronic sounds, and great music. This "phantom work" from Fassbinder, who continued to provoke society with his keen sense of the times and universal themes, is a cutting-edge sci-fi film that joins the ranks of sci-fi masterpieces that shine in cinematic history, such as "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968), "Solaris" (1972), and "Blade Runner" (1982). The film also features a special appearance by Eddie Constantine, who starred in Godard's unique sci-fi film "Alphaville." The story is set in a future research institute that develops "simulacrans" that can accurately predict the future. The protagonist, Dr. Stiller, encounters a strange situation there. When security chief Lause suddenly disappears, another person named Edelkern appears in his place. Eventually, Stiller uses the simulacran to enter the virtual world, but in the virtual world he finds Lause, who was supposed to have disappeared...