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Wind-Up Type

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How it feels

A man drifts through a strange rural landscape after a freak accident. He encounters odd characters and unsettling situations. The film is a loose adaptation of a famous avant-garde manga.

bleaksurrealmelancholicunsettlingunderstatedintrospectiveatmosphericslow-paced

What happens

Wind-Up Type (Japanese: ねじ式, Hepburn: Nejishiki), also known as Screwed, is a 1998 Japanese drama film directed by Teruo Ishii. It is an adaptation of Tsuge Yoshiharu's 1967 manga Screw Style. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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