Interview with Masashi Komura, Director of POP! [OAFF 2021] by VCinema / Anime Blog Tracker

POP! (Masashi Komura, 2021)

A lovelorn young woman suffers an existential crisis after falling for a mad bomber while working as TV mascot character in Masashi Komura’s absurdist drama

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An Interview with Masashi Komura, Director of POP! [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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POP! provides a slightly surreal, slightly sweet existential crisis. POP! Director: Masashi Komura (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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