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Shine
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Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield
Carries a strong pull into film through folklore and South Asia.
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Wish You Were Here
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Shinjuku
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Shield
Carries a strong pull into music through after-hours and Western Europe.
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Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
Carries a strong pull into anime through migration and power.
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The Shield
2000s
A corrupt LAPD detective navigates crime and consequence. The anti-hero before the wave.
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Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield
1960s
Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield is a 1968 book by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, linked to France and French. It keeps the reading field grounded in identifiable authorship and place.
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Wish You Were Here
1970s
Four songs about absence. Shine On You Crazy Diamond as epitaph for Syd Barrett.
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Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
2010s
Yotarou is a former yakuza member fresh out of prison and fixated on just one thing: rather than return to a life of crime, the young man aspires to take to the stage of rakugo, a traditional Japanese form of comedic storytelling. Inspired during his incarceration by the performance of distinguished practitioner Yak...
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Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands is a 2016 television series from United Kingdom, shaped by named creators. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure.
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Music 2000s
Shin
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Film 1980s
The Shining
A family winters in an isolated hotel. Madness, isolation, and the Overlook's ghosts.
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Music 2010s
Shinbô
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Film 2010s
Shin Godzilla
Godzilla attacks modern Tokyo. Japanese bureaucracy versus existential threat. Anno reimagines kaiju.
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Music 2010s
Shinjuku