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The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970)

The Man Who Left His Will on Film poster
Original title
東京战争戦後秘話
Directed by
Nagisa Ōshima
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man films the streets of Tokyo after a friend dies by suicide. He tries to reconstruct what happened and connects with a woman linked to the death.

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What happens

The Man Who Left His Will on Film (Japanese: 東京戦争戦後秘話 Tokyo senso senyo hiwa; lit. Secret History of the Post-Tokyo-War Period) is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima and starring Kazuo Goto and Emiko Iwasaki. The film is also known as He Died After the War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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