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Now showing — Alienari · 5 works
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An odd Tokyo companionship unfolds through walking, delay, and low-stakes urban drift.
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Pulse is a 2001 Japanese techno-horror film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The plot follows two separate storylines in Japan that faces mass disappearances amidst a ghostly invasion of the real world via the Internet. One f...
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Sonatine is a 1993 Japanese yakuza film directed, written and edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in the film. It won numerous awards and became one of Kitano's most successful and praised films, garnering him a sizable international fan base.
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A woman finds meaning working at a convenience store. Conformity, alienation, and quiet rebellion.
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Alienation in the information age. The album that predicted 21st century anxiety.
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