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A Yukio Mishima stage adaptation pulls genre-bending st...
A cross-cultural collaboration mixing bunraku puppetry, kabuki and literature is...
‘Ghost of Ueno’: A human drama about the invisible amon...
Chinese director Qi Wang's film examines the plight of the homeless and disenfra...
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Takehiko Shinjo's follow-up to a 2023 hit film is even more muddled than its pre...
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