New - No Longer Human (1978)
Based on the novel by Osamu Dazai and distributed by ATG. The story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. In consequence, he feels himself "disqualified from being human" (a literal translation of the Japanese title) and goes down the stairs to self-destruction step by step.
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To me, this movie is perfection.
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best movie i've ever seen.
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I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
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The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
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