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BLESSING BELL

By | July 2004

FANTASIA 2004 REVIEW! Igarashi is perhaps the most passive protagonist ever put on screen. His adventures include being falsely accused of stabbing a yakuza and getting thrown into jail, saving some kids from a fire, being hit by a car, talking with a ghost, winning the lottery and getting robbed…

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