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Tokyo Noir (2004)

Tokyo Noir poster
Directed by
Masato Ishioka, Naoto Kumazawa

How it feels

A lonely office worker in her thirties feels invisible and mocked by her younger coworkers. After a mysterious hairdresser gives her a makeover, she starts picking up men in expensive hotels who remind her of her father who disappeared years ago.

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