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Published films connected to this cinema.

2025104 min

The Bad Guys 2

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Japan in cinema: what following films beyond national borders reveals

A film's attributed nationality, production credits and territorial circulation are different matters. A transnational approach to Japanese cinema connects those dimensions without treating them as equivalent.