TV adaptation of the novel “Twenty-Four Eyes”, combining animation with a few live-action scenes.
Category: Movies
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Before Spring
Out of the blue, a bourgeois family on the Sea of Japan finds an unconscious woman on the beach and decides to let her board.
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The Wild and the Free
Two scientists involved in chimpanzee research — one maintaining that the animals should be kept in their native habitat in Africa without human interference, the other trying to train them in sign language in a domesticated atmosphere — join forces when they learn that the government plans to cut off the language grant and use the chimps for radiation research.
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Hot Dogs
Mr. Clean is a police detective who heads a special task force of the vice squad. Clean’s by-the-book attitude makes him none too popular with his underlings, so they try to fake a sex scandal that will cause him to be fired from the force.
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The Clown
Taiwanese drama.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight
After upsetting the criminal underground in ‘the Master Blackmailer’ case, Sherlock Holmes has to face his archenemy: Prof. Moriarty.
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Squeeze
Richard Turner made Squeeze to break the “conspiracy of silence” about homosexuality. A pioneering early portrait of Auckland’s LGBT scene, Squeeze centres on the relationship between a young man (Paul Eady) and the confident executive (Robert Shannon) who romances him, then mentions he has a fiancée. The film was discussed in Parliament after Patricia Bartlett campaigned against the possibility it might get NZ Film Commission funding (it didn’t). Kevin Thomas in The LA Times praised Squeeze’s integrity and the “steadfast compassion with which it views its hero”.
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Stigma
The death of Sebastian’s father engenders in him pathological fears and hallucinations. His death wishes seem to cause horrible accidents, which he is unable to control. When his older brother dies, he feels that he has caused it. He undergoes hypnosis, but his apparent supernatural powers continue. As his own life nears its end, he becomes even more violent and sadistic.
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Novogodnee priklyuchenie
The story of the acquaintance of two dads – a boy and a teddy bear. One dad did not have time to buy a Christmas tree and went to the forest to get it, and dad-bear went to the city to look for toys for the forest Christmas tree. That’s how they met.
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The Hemline
At a luxurious hotel various women spend their summer holidays trying, each one in her own way, to find the love of their life or solve the problems of a love affair. Through various misunderstandings and amusing incidents, the women find what they are looking for, with the help of luck and their female instinct.