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JAPAN · 1986

April Fish

Nobuhiko Obayashi
Japanese New Wave deception and imposture creative crisis filmmaker culture cross-cultural encounter romantic masquerade
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Synopsis

A Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited young actress as his movie-star wife in order to fool a chief from the South Seas.

Year1986
CountryJapan
DirectorNobuhiko Obayashi
MovementJapanese New Wave
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