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Carnal Curses Disfigured Dreams

Revelations on the silent-era ninja boom from an unlikely source
6 May 2020

Revelations on the silent-era ninja boom from an unlikely source

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 2 - Books and Manga | 0

We’ve recently been blessed with the book Carnal Curses, Disfigured Dreams by Japanese cinema researcher Kigami Jigoku Kobayashi, and it inadvertently provided some jaw-dropping insight into the depth and breadth of ninja movies going back to the 1910s and how … Continued

Carnal Curses Disfigured Dreams, Silent Film, yokai

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