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Now showing — The Return · 5 works

  • The Returned Television · 2010s

    Dead people return to a small French mountain town. Supernatural drama as grief study.

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  • The Wire Television · 2000s

    Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.

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  • Twin Peaks: The Return Television · 2010s

    18 hours of pure Lynchian television. The most ambitious limited series ever broadcast.

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  • Blessed with eyes that are able to perceive the otherwise invisible youkai, Takashi Natsume hides his ability from his newfound family and friends to protect everyone's peaceful daily life. Nonetheless, Natsume never fails to show the same kindness to the benevolent youkai and happily returns their names by using th...

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  • 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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