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Blood is Dry (1960)

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Original title
血は渇いてる
Directed by
Yoshishige Yoshida
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man feels trapped by his mundane life and becomes obsessed with a woman he sees. His fixation leads him into a dark spiral of violence and paranoia.

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What happens

Blood Is Dry (Japanese: 血は渇いてる, Hepburn: Chi wa kawaiteru), also titled Blood Thirsty, is a 1960 Japanese drama film written and directed by Yoshishige Yoshida and starring Keiji Sada. It is Yoshida's second film and an early exponent of the Japanese New Wave. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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