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JAPAN · 1975

The Trial

Shuji Terayama
bureaucracy society fascism dystopia paranoia
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Synopsis

Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.

Year1975
CountryJapan
DirectorShuji Terayama
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