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California Crisis (1986)
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Okubyou na Venus (1986)
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The Surrogate Woman (씨받이, Im Kwon-taek, 1986)
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Anime NoFap - Call Me Tonight (1986)
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Retro Anime Reviews: Ai City (1986)
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Royal Space Force: Early Promo Video (1986)
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Ping Pong (乒乓, Leong Po-Chih, 1986)
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Retro Anime Reviews: Call Me Tonight OVA (1986)
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Dust in the Wind (戀戀風塵, Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1986)
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House on Fire (火宅の人, Kinji Fukasaku, 1986)
An anxious writer fears collapse under the weight of fatherhood in Kinji Fuksaku’s adaptation of the autobiographical novel of Kazuo Dan.
Royal Warriors 皇家戰士 (1986) Dir: David Chung
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Lee Jang-ho’s Baseball Team (이장호의 외인구단, Lee Jang-ho, 1986)
A young man dreaming of baseball glory is forced on a bizarre desert island training mission by his insane mentor in Lee Jang-ho’s incredibly strange sports movie.
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The New Morning of Billy the Kid (ビリィ★ザ★キッドの新しい夜明け, Naoto Yamakawa, 1986)
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To Sleep So as to Dream (夢みるように眠りたい, Kaizo Hayashi, 1986)
A detective becomes lost in the labyrinths of cinema while chasing a ghost of the silver screen in Kaizo Hayashi’s ethereal ode to the silent movie
Cyber Paradise – Dog-themed Game with a Queer Cast & Crossover with A Summer’s End Hong Kong 1986 and More
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