If you really want to disprove the theory of the Dark Age Animation, just look…
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Dozens of white shirts depart the homes of husbands, dissatisfied wives, to return to work,…
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Content warning: This post contains discussions of rape; the film contains explicit scenes of rape…
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The plot of Early Summer can be boiled down to about a paragraph. The Mamiya family…
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Yasujirō Ozu has earned his place in film history as the most serene of directors,…
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