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Symptom X

Symptom X

2008•1h 7m
Drama

A minimalist first film about the monotonous everyday life of a man and his schizophrenic mother

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JA

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Kiyoko Miyashige

Hiroki Nonaka

Masaari Sakamoto

Masaari Sakamoto

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