re Madadao

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The reviews of Madadao were quite favorably and positive Germany. But the 
theatrical release were minimal, even for arthouse circuits. With the 
exception of the real big cities like Berlin, Munich and some other 
places the film couldn't be seen. Whereas Kurosawa's former films like 
dreams can be seen not regulary but sometimes in special arhouses. 
Probably most of the people, who were interested in Madadao, saw it on 
TV, where it was broadcasted on a public channel in a double-language 
version, one audio channel German, the other Japanese.

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