06 Mar 2017
Before the Gates
Trite, closed memories flagrantly bleed into profuse openings mixed & held together by retaliatory colorations & obfuscations.
Pickled Punk
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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Tomoko Machida Young Woman
Shinya Tanaka Clerk
Juken Kawashima Young Man
Akihide Shiroyama Photographer
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