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Pig-Chicken Suicide (1981) · 豚鶏心中

Name: Pig-Chicken Suicide
Director: Yoshihiko Matsui
Genre: Drama, J-horror, Surrealism
Released: 1981
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Naomi Hagio, Takahiro Hattori, Toshihiko Hino, Remi Nakamachi, Masatomo Nakamura

Original title: 豚鶏心中

1981 · Yoshihiko Matsui · 91 min · Japan · Edited by 1

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Pig Chicken Suicide is a veritable assault on the senses, mixing violent images of animal slaughter, racial strife and surrealism to tell the story of two Koreans living in Japan who's love is destroyed due to overwhelming racial discrimination.

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Chinese: 豚雞心中

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Pig-Chicken Suicide (1981) · 豚鶏心中

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