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SOMETHING LIKE IT

3:35

Sunday, October 27

の・ようなもの (No yohna mono)

Director Yoshimitsu Morita
Cast Kumiko Akiyoshi, Katsunobu Itô, Isao Bitô, Erika Asô
Screenplay Yoshimitsu Morita | Cinematography Makoto Watanabe
1981 | Japan | DCP | approx. 103 min. | In Japanese with English subtitles creates especially for this screening

A young raguko performer meets book-loving sex worker Kumiko Akiyoshi at the local brothel, in irreverent story featuring actors from Nikkatsu’s “Roman Porn” movies.

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