The Night of Martial Law (1980)

Original title

戒厳令の夜

Directed by

Kōsaku Yamashita

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 15m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This Japanese film from 1980 is based on a serialized novel about a legendary romance set against a backdrop of political intrigue. It involves conspiracies and martial law, following characters caught in a web of secrets and danger.

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What happens

『戒厳令の夜』（かいげんれいのよる）は五木寛之の伝奇ロマン。1975年に文芸誌『小説新潮』1月号から12月号まで連載され、1976年12月に新潮社から上下2巻で書籍化された。 1977年、第30回『日本推理作家協会賞』(長編部門) 候補作、1980年に白夜プロダクション制作で映画化された。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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