

Expansion
1973-02-15 · 14 min · ★ 7.4
Expansion remixes the images of Matsumoto’s Esctasis into an more colourful psychedelic short.
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- Directors
- Toshio Matsumoto
- Production companies
- Unavailable
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
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