On July 14, 1789 Louis XVI infamously wrote rien in his journal. Kabayashi's relationship to Japan's proud bushido past would seem reinterpretive, to put it delicately, as seen in Samurai Rebellion and the devestating Harakiri. Yet he offers films fulfilling functions of old kibuki theater such as kaidan/ghost stories in summer and at the new year a literary adaptation.
The human in question in Ningen no joken is made supervisor of a Manchurian labor camp. The scene where boxcars of baked POWs charge the food cart is more horrifying than any zombie or goke movie scene. In the end our antihero ends up POW himself to the Soviets.
The human in question in Ningen no joken is made supervisor of a Manchurian labor camp. The scene where boxcars of baked POWs charge the food cart is more horrifying than any zombie or goke movie scene. In the end our antihero ends up POW himself to the Soviets.
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