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The Man Who Left His Will on Film
JAPAN · 1970

The Man Who Left His Will on Film

Nagisa Oshima
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Synopsis

When a man chases down his stolen movie camera, the thief commits suicide by jumping off a building. But after the police take the camera as evidence, it becomes unclear if there was ever a thief in the first place.

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