The Japanese Sandman

At once wryly comedic travelogue and heartbreaking tale of love lost, THE JAPANESE SANDMAN is a visual interpretation of a letter William Burroughs' wrote to Allen Ginsberg in 1953, recounting his travels in Central America. Told through Burroughs' wickedly incisive voice, cocaine snorting in Panama and post-prom hand-jobs in 1931 St. Louis become a meditation on loss, memory and the human condition.

Directed by Ed Buhr

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Cast

John Fleck

William S. Burroughs

Stephen Twardokus

Amy O'Neill

Mom & Officer's Wife

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