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Symptom X

Symptom X

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Symptom X

2008

1h 7m

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Drama

Overview

A minimalist first film about the monotonous everyday life of a man and his schizophrenic mother

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4 members

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Kiyoko Miyashige

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Hiroki Nonaka

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Masaari Sakamoto

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Masaari Sakamoto

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