In 1979 Ryû Murakami directed the adaption of his best selling novel “Almost Transparent Blue”: Main character Ryū and his small group of young friends are living in a Japanese town with an American air force base, their lives revolve around sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. The movie depicts the daily monotony of drug-induced hallucinations, vicious acts of violence, overdoses and group sex.
This only ever came out on VHS.

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File Size (in bytes) ............................: 1,153,949,696 bytes
Runtime ............................................: 1:43:54

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FPS .................................................: 23.976
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Bits per Pixel ...................................: 0.241 bpp
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https://nitro.download/view/BAB21DFF938FC9A/Almost_Transparent_Blue.avi
https://nitro.download/view/6803211A3183115/Almost_Transparent_Blue.srt

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

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