

Desert Punk
2004-10-06 · 25 min / episode · ★ 6.0
In the future, Japan is a wasteland. In the Great Kanto Desert, scattered humans eke out a living in the hot sand. Among them, a short-statured man they call "Sunabozu" makes a living as a bounty hunter. Like a demon of the sand, he seems unbeatable. Yet, like all men, he has a particular weakness for the opposite sex...
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Chihiro SuzukiDesert Punk (voice)
Tamio OhkiNarrator (voice)
Chiwa SaitoTaiko Koizumi (voice)
Tomoko KotaniJunko Asagiri (voice)
Norio WakamotoAmagumo (voice)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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