Hatsu Yume (First Dream)

Hatsu Yume (First Dream) (1981)

January 1st, 19810h 56min

Documentary
64%

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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