Hatsu Yume (First Dream) (1981)
• January 1st, 1981 • 0h 56min
Documentary
Overview
With a title referring to Japanese folklore, wherein things done on the first day of a new year are significant, the film - an ardent dream entirely shot in Japan - stands as a spiritual allegory equating light and dark with life and death.
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