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Pickled Punk

Pickled Punk

1993•1h 22m
Drama

This independent film follows the actions and inner thoughts of four unusual individuals as they go about their lives in Tokyo, occasionally meeting up with one another. Their thoughts tend to focus on questions of death, existence, and the conflict of society against the individual. All of the action is performed silently, with narration dubbed over.

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Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Tomoko Machida

Young Woman

Shinya Tanaka

Clerk

Juken Kawashima

Young Man

Akihide Shiroyama

Photographer

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