Glass Johnny: Looks Like a Beast

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1962, 108 min., 35mm, b&w. Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara. Inspired by Federico Fellini's La Strada, Glass Johnny stars Joe Shishido as a bike track bookie who schemes to get rich off of a struggling rider. In the meantime, he becomes the unwilling savior of a pure-hearted, simple-minded prostitute on the run from her pimp