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202664 minPGdocumentary

Ghost Town

202664 minPGdocumentary

In a Japanese coastal town affected by the 2011 tsunami, a filmmaker captures conversations in taxis that reveal connections between the living and the deceased.

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Katharine Round

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In a Japanese coastal town affected by the 2011 tsunami, a filmmaker captures conversations in taxis that reveal connections between the living and the deceased.

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Katharine Rounddirector

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In a Japanese coastal town haunted by the 2011 tsunami, the filmmaker installs her camera inside the city's taxis to capture conversations between the living and, it turns out, the dead.

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