Director – Sogo Ishii – 1982 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 115m Film **** Cultural significance ***** Arguably the lynchpin film that brought Japanese cinema back from the brink of extinction in the early 1980s and paved the way for much of what was to follow – on Blu-ray from Monday, November 20th 2020 […]
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Burst City
(Bakuretsu Toshi
Burst City,
爆裂都市
BURST CITY)
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- Post date June 12 2022
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(Bakuretsu Toshi
Burst City,
爆裂都市
BURST CITY) - Sticky post
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