A 13-year-old girl looks for protection and safety but realises the world is not safe for her anywhere in Akihiko Shiota’s devastatingly bleak character study
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Pulse (2001) [Film Review]
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GO (Isao Yukisada, 2001)
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OtakuGeneration (Show #405) 2001 Nights
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Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace VS the Insect Robot Army
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Moonlight Whispers (月光の囁き, Akihiko Shiota, 1999)
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The Cheese & The Worms (チーズとうじ虫, Haruyo Kato, 2005)
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Electric Dragon 80000v (エレクトリック·ドラゴン 80000V, Sogo Ishii, 2001)
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The Samurai of Edo / 江戸一寸の虫 / Edo issun no mushi (1955)
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Millennium Mambo (千禧曼波, Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2001)
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