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Terminal USA

Funny, gross and outrageously over-the-top, Jon Moritsugu’s cult classic is a maximally irreverent slice of early 90s punk culture satirising representations of the Japanese-American family unit. Newly restored from eyeball-scorching Panavision, this is Moritsugu’s Asian freak-out magnum opus that shocked America when it was broadcast on television in the mid-90’s. The director himself plays twins (a drug-dealing bad-ass and a closeted math nerd) in a radically dysfunctional family that completely obliterates the noble myth of the “model minority”.

Director

Jon Moritsugu

Country

United States

Year

1993

Premiere

New Film Restoration

Dialogue Language

English

Content Warnings

Blood / gore Drug use Mild nudity Mild sexual references Needles Strong language / swearing Strong physical violence Suicide / self-harm

Primary Contact

Bret Berg

Duration

59 mins

Distribution (Worldwide)

Bret Berg American Genre Film Archive