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During Japans Taisho Era 1912-1926 a scientist named Ayanokoji developed the Steel Angel - an artificial humanoid with superhuman physical abilities. While the Imperial Army wanted to use the Steel Angel as a new means of modern warfare Ayanokoji wanted his creation to be a new step in the future of mankind. Thus he defied orders from the Army and secretly made the Steel Angel codenamed...

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Jung-Ho Kim Sang-Kyung a famous photographer who has a special ability to read people’s minds has just returned to Korea from abroad. Jung-Ho still can’t get rid of traumatic memories of his late girlfriend who ended her life in front of him. In the midst of this Jung-Ho becomes a temporary guardian for Soo-Yeon Han Bo-Bae a little girl whose mother is in a coma. Detective...

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This digital featurette not quite a companion piece to Tropical Malady but certainly related to it shows Joe operating at the height of his formalist powers. One of the things I’ve valued about Weerasethakul’s work since Mysterious Object at Noon is his commitment to exploring the traditions of avant-garde cinema while taking those idioms into uncharted territory. While some works...