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Metropolis
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Metropolis
Carries a strong pull into film through urban isolation and memory.
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Antonia's Line
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Metropolis Metropolis
Carries a strong pull into anime through urban isolation and after-hours.
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Tokyo Sonata
Carries a strong pull into music through after-hours and longing.
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Adrift in Tokyo
Carries a strong pull into music through after-hours and longing.
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Books · Strong bridge
Metropolis
novel by Thea von Harbou
Music · Strong bridge
Metropolis Metropolis
2020s
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Akudama Drive
2020s
The bustling metropolis of Kansai, where cybernetic screens litter the neon landscape, may seem like a technological utopia at first glance. But in the dark alleys around the brightly-lit buildings, an unforgiving criminal underbelly still exists in the form of fugitives known as "Akudama." No stranger to these indi...
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Tokyo Sonata
2000s
A Tokyo family slips into economic and emotional collapse while still trying to perform ordinary life.
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Adrift in Tokyo
An odd Tokyo companionship unfolds through walking, delay, and low-stakes urban drift.
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Antonia's Line
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Music 1990s
Metropolis