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A poet sells his collection of comic books and action figures in order to afford to hire a male stripper on New Years Eve.
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A man gets involved with two mystic sisters who happened to save him from dying ashore.
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Suring casts a spell of immense beauty, but is persecuted by humanity. She retreats to the forests, far from the prying eyes of humans. There, she befriends the Kuk-ok, a creature who can morph into any form.
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