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BARREN ILLUSIONS

大いなる幻影

Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Japan, 1999
Drama, Romance
  • 9595 minutes

Synopsis

A razor-sharp dissection of contemporary Japanese culture which depicts its subject as being so devoid of its own identity that it’s almost completely co-opted by a culture that engenders repetitive, non-thinking behavior.

Synopsis

A razor-sharp dissection of contemporary Japanese culture which depicts its subject as being so devoid of its own identity that it’s almost completely co-opted by a culture that engenders repetitive, non-thinking behavior.