Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

196799 min5.7 / 10

A dark, allegorical chamber piece about three damaged souls trapped together, grappling with death, desire, and social alienation in 1960s Japan.

A sex-obsessed woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster become trapped in an underground hideaway.

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