Is it worth your time? If you enjoy squinting at grainy black-and-white footage to see 1930s Tokyo, then yes. People who need explosions or fast talking should probably stay far away from this one. It is slow and sometimes it feels like the movie forgot what it was doing for a minute or two. I found a copy of this afte...
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"Is it worth your time? If you enjoy squinting at grainy black-and-white footage to see 1930s Tokyo, then yes. People who need explosions or fast talking should probably stay far away from this one. It is slow and sometimes it feels like the movie forgot what it was doing for a minute or two. I found a copy of this after digging through some old archives and honestly? I didn't expect to finish it. The title Ai wa chikara da translates to 'Love is Power' but the movie feels more like 'Love is a co..."
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