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Ballads(1993)
Status: Released
Date: 1993-04-29
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Time: 1h 0m
Overview:
The story of a young man who tragically lost his lover in a horriffic motorcycle accident. Now working at a video store and selling uncensored gay hardcore pornography under the counter, he one day discovers the worlds most bizarre snuff video... which happens to "star" a man who looks exactly like his dead lover. Pushed over the edge by this event, the protagonist goes on a violent rampage, attempting to murder everybody involved in the video's creation.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies:
ENK Promotion
Movie: Ballads
Top 10 Billed Cast
友松直之
Matsuda
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Overview
The story of a young man who tragically lost his lover in a horriffic motorcycle accident. Now working at a video store and selling uncensored gay hardcore pornography under the counter, he one day discovers the worlds most bizarre snuff video... which happens to "star" a man who looks exactly like his dead lover. Pushed over the edge by this event, the protagonist goes on a violent rampage, attempting to murder everybody involved in the video's creation.
Release Date
1993-04-29
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