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Sword Devil (剣鬼, Kenji Misumi, 1965)
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Daughter-in-Law (민며느리, Choi Eun-hee, 1965)
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Obake no Q-Taro (1965) – Episodes 01A & 12B
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Oyafuko dori / 親不孝通り (1958)
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Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) review [The Godzilla Project]
A great narrative that is marred by budget and time-constraints.
Godspeed (人生路不熟, Yi Xiaoxing, 2023)
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Bloody Shuriken (赤い手裏剣, Tokuzo Tanaka, 1965)
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The History of Mushi Pro – 02 – Anime business (1965-1966)
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The Passionate Spinster (結婚相談, Ko Nakahira, 1965)
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Hoodlum Soldier (兵隊やくざ, Yasuzo Masumura, 1965)
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A Bloodthirsty Killer (殺人魔 / 살인마, Lee Yong-min, 1965)
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Fuzoroi no Renri, Volume 4 (不揃いの連理)
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Fuzoroi no Renri, Volume 2 (不揃いの連理)
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The Blind Menace (不知火検校, Kazuo Mori, 1960)
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Encounter at the Station (難忘的車站, Hsin Chi, 1965)
Destructive patriarchal social codes drive a young man to madness, cause a young woman to lose her sight, and push another towards nervous breakdown in Hsin Chi’s subversive…
The Last Judgment / 最後の審判 / Saigo no shinpan (1965)
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The Time of Reckoning / 不信のとき / Fushin no toki (1968)
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The Ghost of the Hunchback (怪談せむし男, Hajime Sato, 1965)
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Who’ll Stop the Rain (青春並不溫柔, Su I-Hsuan, 2023)
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Tale of Japanese Burglars (にっぽん泥棒物語, Satsuo Yamamoto, 1965)
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Story of a Blind Woman /女めくら物語 / Onna mekura monogatari (1965)
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Too Cool to Kill (这个杀手不太冷静, Xing Wenxiong, 2022)
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The Grass is Greener on the Other Side (野草不盡, Crystal Wong, 2022)
Crystal Wong’s heartfelt documentary follows a pair of exiles as they try to hang on to their Hong Kong identity after moving to the UK.