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Heroic Purgatory Podcast Covers Japan Society’s Cinema as Struggle: The Films of Kazuo Hara and Sachiko Kobayashi (June 04 – July 02)
Heroic Purgatory Podcast Coverage of Cinema as Struggle: The Films of Kazuo Hara & Sachiko Kobayashi (June 04 – July 02) – View Ground-Breaking Documentaries via Japan Society
Special - Cinema as Struggle: A Retrospective on the Films of Kazuo Hara and Sachiko Kobayashi
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Goodbye CP さようならCP Director: Kazuo Hara, Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi (1972)
Goodbye CP さようならCP Director: Kazuo Hara, Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi (1972)
A Dedicated Life 全身小説家 (1994) Director: Kazuo Hara, Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi
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Life’s Extremes: Kazuo Hara and Sachiko Kobayashi’s Shifting Documentary Practices and Trilogy of “Living Dissent”
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The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On ゆきゆきて、神軍 Dir: Kazuo Hara, Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi (1987)
The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On ゆきゆきて、神軍 Dir: Kazuo Hara (1987)
Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 極私的エロス 恋歌１９７４ Director: Kazuo Hara Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi (1974)
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The Faraway Paladin #02 — Animating Via Smash Cuts and Speedlines
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