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Papuwa - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6 of 6)

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Title: Papuwa - Complete Collection
Volume: DVD 1-6 / 6
Running time: 650
Distributor: ADV Films

Release date: 2008-06-24
Suggested retail price: $59.98
Age rating: 14+

SKU: DPABX1
UPC: 702727152726 702727152726

Description:
Pretty boy Kataro finds himself stranded on a remote tropical island with no memory of how he got there. Now under the questionable care of the young Papua, Kataro begins his new life of bizarre adventures in a world of transvestite fish, fruity pink dinosaurs, and hallucination-inducing poisonous mushrooms. And an army of assassins aimed at kidnapping him!

(added on 2008-04-27, modified on 2008-04-27)

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