# Laughing Target (1987)

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**Original title**: *る～みっくわ～るど 笑う標的*
**Runtime**: 47 min
**Genres**: Animation, Horror
**Directed by**: Motosuke Takahashi
**Written by**: Hideo Takayashiki, Tomoko Konparu
**Starring**: Iyo Matsumoto, Hiromi Tsuru, Yoku Shioya, Kumiko Takizawa, Takahiro Hirai, Toshiko Sawada

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rainy streets of Tokyo at dusk, a lone archery arrow lies broken. 
Shiga Yuzuru's ordinary life unravels with his aunt's unnatural death. 
Typical 80s anime horror fare unfolds.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, outsider

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