Bronze Magician
妖僧
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Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1952) & the milestone silent surrealist masterpiece A Page of Madness (Kurutta Ippeji, 1926).
Release Date
1963-10-05
Average
6.9
Rating:
3.5 startsTagline
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Languages:
日本語
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