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NOBUHIKO OBAYASHI’S ’80S KADOKAWA YEARS

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RELEASED OUT NOW!

1981-1986 | 15 | Blu-ray

Director Nobuhiko Obayashi

Cast Hiroko Yakushimaru, Tomoyo Harada, Ryôichi Takayanagi, Riki Takeuchi

arthouse director Nobuhiko Obayashi (best known for cult ’70s horror ) was out of time and out of fashion: too strange for mainstream audiences; too tender for a more radical one. This box set brings together four of his smaller films from the ’80s.

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