{"id":2554,"date":"2012-12-31T16:07:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T15:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=2554"},"modified":"2014-11-06T01:09:22","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T00:09:22","slug":"naked-bullet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2012\/12\/31\/naked-bullet\/","title":{"rendered":"Naked Bullet"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of our focus on the late Japanese director Kôji Wakamatsu, we take a look at his 1969 crime drama Naked Bullet<\/I>, available as part of the Kôji Wakamatsu DVD box-set volume 3 released by Blaq Out. <\/p>\n

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Comic Strip Review by Dan Lester<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
For more information on Dan Lester, go to monkeysmightpuke.com<\/A>.<\/div>\n
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As part of our focus on the late Japanese director K ôji Wakamatsu, we take a look at his 1969 crime drama Naked Bullet<\/I>.
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