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Domo Arigato (1991)

Domo Arigato poster
Directed by
Arch Oboler
Genre
drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
R
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A med school dropout and Vietnam veteran travels Japan with a Kansas tourist who has a secret. It is a romantic melodrama that shows off 3-D effects.

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What happens

Domo Arigato (aka Thank you very much) is a 3-D film which was produced in 1972 and shown in limited theatrical runs, mainly larger markets. It was re-released in 1991. A med school drop out and GI (Jason Ledger) returning from a tour in Vietnam travels the scenic Japanese countryside with an American tourist from Kansas (Bonnie Sher) who harbors a secret in this travelogue romantic melodrama. The use of the SpaceVision 3-D camera rig provides some stunning stereoscopic effects throughout. This was Arch Oboler's follow up 3-D film after The Bubble (1966). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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