まち（街）(1970)
A submission to the Sogetsu Short Film Festival by three students from the Department of Photography and Visual Language at Kuwasawa Design School (桑沢デザイン研究所).
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A submission to the Sogetsu Short Film Festival by three students from the Department of Photography and Visual Language at Kuwasawa Design School (桑沢デザイン研究所).
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1970-12-24
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