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Bedrana (1974)
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The story of a sheepman who is torn between his wife and traditions in his rural village.
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Madrabaz (1979)
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Murat, recently released from prison for manslaughter, arrives in the village of Kadırga under a decade-long exile and becomes a guest at fisherman Hızır Reis’s home. There, he rallies local fishers to form a cooperative to break free from the oppressive control of the market‑controlling boss, Topal Madrabaz.
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Kargacı Halil (1968)
Character: N/A
The story of Halil, who, after his father’s murder, was supposed to take on the blood feud but instead chose to avoid it by wandering the mountains, only to be forced to take up arms as a result of unavoidable events.
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Son Cellat (2008)
Character: N/A
A trained prosecutor and an ignorant villager have to help each other out in prison conditions.
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Sultan (1987)
Character: N/A
After Women in Turkey gained the right to be elected, Sultan, one of the women of the village in a countryside, works hard to be elected as Muhtar, first by learning how to read-write. On her success to election, not only her husband but also the men of the village stand as the biggest handicap.
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Kara Çarşaflı Gelin (1975)
Character: Zülküf
In "The Bride with the Black Veil" (1975), director Süreyya Duru continues to focus on social issues, exposing problems of the peasants and feodal relations.
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Kara Doğan (1972)
Character: N/A
The story of a young man who goes to the mountains to take revenge on a landlord. Karalar Mehmet lives with his mother and sister Melek. Like the other villagers, they work for Halim Ağa. Mehmet and Halim's daughter Kına are in love with each other. One day, when Mehmet's shirt tears, Kına mends it. Upon hearing this, the villagers sing a song about it. Halim Ağa and his sons, believing that Mehmet has dishonored them, torment him. When the police intervene, Halim Ağa accuses Mehmet of theft. The police arrest Mehmet. Unable to control his anger, Halim Ağa's son Ali burns down Mehmet's house and tries to rape Melek. Melek commits suicide to escape Ali. As Mehmet is being taken away by the police, the bandit Kara Hacı rescues him. When Mehmet returns to his village, he sees that Melek is dead. Upon this, Mehmet goes to the mountains to take revenge on Halim Ağa and joins Kara Hacı's gang.
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Kahır (1983)
Character: N/A
Hayri Bey accuse an innocent young man for a murder committed by his son Metin. Hülya, the sister of the accused, is joined by Orhan in a fight for justice against the powerful Hayri Bey.
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Yabancı (1984)
Character: N/A
Kadir, a retired gangster finds a troubled young woman on the road and takes her home for help. Soon they fall in love, but her past endangers their future.
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Acı Pirinç (1972)
Character: N/A
Considering the conditions of the period in which it was filmed, it is a fairly realistic film. The location is not specified, but I think it is somewhere around Adana. It is a rice field where female agricultural workers are working. A ruthless landlord and a son who is just as evil as his father. One of the female workers, who stands out for her beauty (Melek Görgün), catches the attention of both the landlord and his son. She flees due to the pressure she faces, and her path crosses with that of a young man (Salih Güney) who has suffered at the hands of the landlord, had his land taken away, and lost his sister. They fall in love, and the events lead to a tragic ending. In keeping with classic Yeşilçam screenplays, you expect Salih Güney to avenge his sister's death and reunite with Melek Görgün (or for the woman to die).
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Kahpe Felek (1973)
Character: N/A
The story of Kara Seyit, a wandering musician who returns to his village to find it under the oppressive rule of his uncle, Beşir Ağa. The film follows Seyit’s quest to rescue his fiancée, Binnaz, and his father, who have been taken captive by Beşir.
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Bu Devrin Kadını (1988)
Character: N/A
The film tells the story of a mother struggling to make ends meet on her own. Rising unemployment in the country leads to the breakdown of many families. Saliha and Şevki, who live in a shanty town, are one such family. When Şevki's unemployment is compounded by gambling debts, things become even more difficult for the family. Unable to tolerate her husband's indifference, Saliha eventually kicks him out of the house. However, after working as a cleaner for a while, Saliha cannot make ends meet this way. She is forced to ask her old friend Emel, who works as a prostitute, for help.
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Dava (2001)
Character: N/A
The story of returning to villages in the southeast that were evacuated due to terrorism.
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Susuz Yaz (1973)
Character: Köylü
A cruel landlord ruins not only the villagers' life but also his brothers and his own. Describes the life in a Turkish village during 1960s.
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Oku Beşikten Mezara Kadar (1971)
Character: Korucu Ali
It is the story of a teacher who tries to teach the children what she knows in the village she goes to and to raise their awareness, and the conflicts between her and the bigoted imam of the village.
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Aile Pansiyonu (1987)
Character: N/A
Because of the financial problems of aunt Adile, the whole neighbourhood turns an old villa into a guesthouse.
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Lodos Zühtü (1984)
Character: Ruhsuz Fethi'nin Adamı
The story of Zühtü, a fool who gets caught up with gangsters after being influenced by the movies he watches.
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Füze Nuri (1987)
Character: İdris
The story of Füze Nuri, who found his father and claimed his inheritance from his stepmother.
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Kadınca (1984)
Character: Suphi
Hülya returns to her hometown where her youth passed. The uneducated and perverted folk in town tries to sexually assault Hülya.
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Güneş Doğarken (1984)
Character: Davut'un adamı
Nalan, who comes to work at a brothel in Konya, begins a love affair with Kara Davut, the city's notorious gangster. Kara Davut, who receives no attention from his wife at home, and Nalan, who has never experienced true love and affection, begin a relationship that soon becomes the talk of Konya, and it isn't long before things start to get complicated.
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Cesur Kabadayı (1969)
Character: N/A
Murat is disowned by his father because of a trap set by his stepmother. One day, he rescues a girl named Kezban from bandits. From Kezban, he learns about the oppression Celal Ağa has inflicted on the villagers. Settling in one of the abandoned houses in the village, Murat engages in a struggle with the agha's men. It becomes clear that Murat's sole purpose is not to protect the villagers from the agha when he confronts Celal Ağa. The scar on the agha's face will remind Murat of the oath of revenge he swore in the past.
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Günah Defteri (1982)
Character: N/A
Resit goes to jail by killing the son of the feuding Kara Mithat. He entrusts his younger son Gökhan to his foster sister Adile. In the meantime, Gökhan grows up and starts working at a car mechanic. On the other hand, he makes preparations for marriage with Pinar, the young and beautiful girl of the neighborhood.
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Gülşah Küçük Anne (1976)
Character: Gülşah'ı Dilendiren Adam
Gülşah, a sweet girl with a happy family life, comes home one day to an unexpected scene. Unable to find her parents at home, the little girl learns that her father has been unjustly imprisoned and her mother has been taken to the hospital. Shocked by this great tragedy, the girl nevertheless maintains her composure and vows to overcome everything by hugging her little brother. The young girl will now have to care for her younger sibling while also earning money to support her father in prison and her mother in the hospital. Left alone in the world, Gülşah will work various jobs to provide for her family, experiencing an unusual level of maturity at such a young age.
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Kovboy Ali (1966)
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The story of a young man who, influenced by a movie he watched, aspires to become a cowboy.
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Maskeli Beşler (1968)
Character: N/A
The story of the masked five who fought against General Ramona during the American Civil War.
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İblis (1973)
Character: Ağanın Adamı
The painful tale of a man trying to get revenge by biting the enemy's child with a rabid dog, and a father struggling to save his child from rabid death.
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Bitmeyen Şarkı (1976)
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A celebrated nightclub singer faces an emotional crossroads when she meets a hardened detective investigating a series of crimes tied to the club’s underbelly.
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Toprağın Teri (1981)
Character: N/A
Hasan, an engineer who returned to the village from America after years with his child, young and beautiful wife, wants to establish a dairy factory to save the peasant who exploited Salih Aga from poverty. The villagers get money for this job.
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Aç Kurtlar (1969)
Character: Beko Avni
Memed is a fugitive with a sole purpose to find and execute bandits in the mountains to avenge the death of his wife. One day he saves a woman from the hands of bandits…
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İstanbul 79 (1979)
Character: Kemalin Adamı
The life story of a family who migrated from a small town in Anatolia to Istanbul. Ömer from the family runs a gas cylinder dealership in the big city. Meanwhile, he gets involved in dirty business with a friend. Having severed ties with his family, Ömer cannot extricate himself from these shady dealings, even if he wanted to. He continues to live his life amidst Istanbul's vibrant and shadowy nightlife.
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Süpermen Dönüyor (1979)
Character: N/A
Born out of a Christmas ornaments-filled heaven, Turkish Superman fights the mob in order to save the day!
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Şark Bülbülü (1979)
Character: Zülfo Ağa
The comical story of Şaban, who came to Istanbul to earn his dowry and, by chance, became a famous folk singer known as Şaban Ballıses.
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Karılar Koğuşu (1990)
Character: Gardiyan Derviş
Murat is a charismatic political prisoner in Malatya. He is well respected by both inmates and prison officers. There he meets two women: Tozey, a famous prostitute, and Hanim, a defenseless woman accused of murdering her husband.
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Doktor Civanım (1983)
Character: Kahya
Kemal writes a letter to his mother telling her that he is a doctor. His mother is so happy that she spreads the news throughout the village. When the girls in the village learn that Kemal is returning to the village, they do everything they can to win him over. However, Kemal falls in love with Sümbül, the daughter of Ruşen Ağa. The discovery that Kemal is not a doctor will put this love in jeopardy.
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Yırtık Niyazi (1971)
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Niyazi and Sansar live a poor life in a boarding house. The boarding house owner, Binnaz, brings Gül, whom she met in prison, to live at the boarding house. Gül and Niyazi fall in love with each other. One day, Gül, who is singing at a nightclub, catches Tanju's attention. Tanju offers Gül a position as a lead singer. This incident will cause a rift between Gül and Niyazi.
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Keriz (1985)
Character: Köylü
Zülfü and Zülfiye get married. However, Abbas, Zülfü's uncle, who is trying to take over Zülfü's property, tries to separate the couple. Abbas spreads rumors about Zülfiye. He incites Zülfü to kill his wife. Eventually, Zülfiye secretly moves to Istanbul with her family. Zülfü goes to Istanbul to kill Zülfiye, influenced by his uncle's persuasion. However, when a mine is discovered on Zülfiye's father's land, all plans will change.
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Kanlı Deniz (1974)
Character: N/A
The film tells about the struggle between two men who are in love with the same woman. Ahmet and Aziz fish. They both fall in love with Mary, the nephew of the fisherman Veli. Mary's heart is also in Ahmet. However, his uncle Veli, who raised Mary, owes to Aziz's father. Aziz's father threatens Veli Reis to give Mary to his son. If he doesn't, he says he will seize his house and boat. Having learned this, Ahmet decides to pay the debt of Veli Reis. He starts fishing and saving money every day. However, Aziz will do his best to prevent Ahmet from making money.
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İbişo (1980)
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Ibişo is a servant working for a wealthy and powerful landowner. One day, he distributes all of the cruel landowner's fuel reserves to the villagers for free. Some time later, Ibişo rises from servant to member of parliament.
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Sarı Öküz Parası (1985)
Character: N/A
The story of Bilo, a villager who went to Istanbul after the yellow ox he had bought with money borrowed from a moneylender died.
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Kılıbık (1983)
Character: Karabela
Father of two kids who looks exactly like a rowdy takes advantage of this and go into different and funny events.
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Kaçak (1982)
Character: Hamza
The love between a man wanted by the gendarme and a woman who hid him.
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Güneşli Bataklık (1978)
Character: Şükrü
Workers' struggle for justice triggers the political tensions of the period.
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Dönersen Islık Çal (1993)
Character: Bardaki Doğulu
A dwarf and a transvestite, both are excluded from the society and doomed to exist at night. Their lives overlap in a strange encounter and this becomes the start of their friendship.
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Ölüler Konuşmaz ki (1970)
Character: Remzi
The manor, which served as a guest house by the will of Mr. Adem, is referred to as uncanny in the town. Housekeeper Hasan, who lives alone in a big mansion, scares the guests with her strange manners. The greater danger that awaits guests is the visits of a ghoul from his grave to the mansion.
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Bin Yıllık Yol (1968)
Character: Müslüm Ağa
The story of a young villager who killed his army buddy for a blood feud, married his sister, and then turned himself in to the authorities.
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Derman (1983)
Character: Rıfat Ağa
A midwife is caught in a snowstorm on the way to Anatolia and forced to spend four months in an isolated village., where she’s soon tending sick children and delivering babies.
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Amerikalı (1993)
Character: N/A
Revenge story in Istanbul. After being sent to prison, Şeref manages to escape and flee to the United States. Over the next twenty years, he works tirelessly and becomes a billionaire. With his vast fortune, he returns to Turkey after twenty years, driven by his longing for his homeland and his former lover. However, time has passed differently in Turkey than it has in America... Will Şeref, who returns to his country and loved ones with curiosity, be able to adapt to this change?
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Davaro (1981)
Character: Bekiro
Memo returns from Germany to get married with his love but his fathers killer Sulo is being released from jail. As a village rule he has to get revenge for his fahter or he can not get married but he doesn't want to kill so they stage a fake death with Sulo and after that his luck runs out.
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Remake, Remix, Rip-Off - Kopierkultur und das türkische Pop-Kino (2019)
Character: Self
Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. In order to keep up with the demand, screenwriters and directors were copying scripts and remaking movies from all over the world. This documentary visits the fastest working directors, the most practical cameramen and the most hardheaded actors to have a closer look into the country's tumultuous history of movie making.
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Şalvar Davası (1983)
Character: N/A
A group of women in a small village get organized against the macho men of the town.
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Ana (1967)
Character: N/A
Sevket is killed while he escaping blood vengeance. After that, Döndü must look after her children in despite of poverty and blood vengeance.
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Düğün (1973)
Character: Raşit
A family migrates to Istanbul from the rural parts of Anatolia, and they bring their traditions with them. The men of the family are giving away the girls of the family in return for a hefty bride-price. Zelha, one of the girls, revolts against this attitude and tries to save her sisters.
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Şabaniye (1984)
Character: Şaban'ın Babası
A poet, who works as a waiter to make ends meet, postures as a female singer to end a blood feud between two families.
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İnatçı (1988)
Character: Muhtar
While the dam project will be expropriated, Yellow poplar and Long poplar villages are included in the expropriation. Although this is supposed to protect the confidentiality, a member of the commission sells this information to a holding company and someone in that holding company sells what they heard to another holding company.
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Hudutların Kanunu (1966)
Character: İsmail
In Deliviran, a village near Urfa close to the Syrian border, Hidir’s chief is involved in smuggling and gets shot. Hidir tries to stay out of illegal activities but circumstances contrive to push him in the opposite direction until he accepts to take a herd of sheep across the border.
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Deli Deli Küpeli (1986)
Character: Tefeci Mahmut Ağa
Two schizophrenic patients escape from a mental asylum supposing they were mistakenly quarantined. When they arrive at a country village, the villagers assume one is a sheriff and the other is a local magistrate.
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Gökçe Çiçek (1973)
Character: N/A
Gökçeçiçek and Selman Ali, who love each other, are forced to separate due to a problem that arises between the Alakuşlar and Artukbeyler families. In order for the problem that caused the two young people to separate to be resolved, Gökçeçiçek must marry Artukoğlu Ahmet. Selman Ali cannot oppose this decision. Meanwhile, an earthquake occurs, causing further complications.
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Ali ile Veli (1970)
Character: N/A
Ali and Veli come to Istanbul from their villages. Unfamiliar with the city, the young men are swindled in their first experiences of debauchery. Thanks to their uncles, who are experienced in nightlife, they decide to play by the rules of the game. Their uncle is Şaban Pekşaban, the famous pastrami king of Kayseri. The two naive friends constantly get involved in trouble. Ali and Veli rescue a singer who has gotten into trouble with the mafia, and thus step into the world of organized crime. They quickly accumulate many enemies. However, dealing with Ali and Veli will not be easy.
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Ortadirek Şaban (1984)
Character: Adnan Bıçakçı'nın Adamı
Şaban, who works as a clerk in a factory, is madly in love with Bahar, who works as a secretary in the same factory and attends university thanks to the financial support of the famous oil tycoon Adnan Bıçakçı. However, Bahar has her eye on the famous athlete Erkan. After Adnan Bıçakçı reveals that Bahar is his granddaughter, she is kidnapped by gangsters. However, the only person who tries to rescue her is not her boyfriend Erkan, but Orta Direk Şaban.
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Gecenin Sonu (1983)
Character: N/A
The film is about a father and son, both notorious gangsters, reuniting after many years. Hasan, a notorious gangster, works for Osman, a heroin smuggler. After years of involvement in dirty business, Hasan decides to leave the mafia at the insistence of his wife. However, this decision disrupts Osman's entire plan. As a result, Osman kills Hasan's wife, forcing him into a murder he did not want to commit. After spending a long time in prison, Hasan is now elderly when he is released. Moreover, there are many young gangsters in the underworld. Among them, Kadir stands out, striking fear into drug dealers. Hasan will first clash with Kadir.
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Sosyete Şaban (1985)
Character: Şehmuz
Country bumpkin Şaban Ağa has long dreamed of winning the heart of Peri, the high-society belle he plans to marry, though she doesn’t even know he exists. Spurned when Peri agrees to wed him for his money then flees back to city life, Şaban reinvents himself as the sophisticated Dilaver Bey to exact his sweet revenge.
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Bu Şehrin Geceleri (1989)
Character: Resul
Ferdi, a taxi driver who works nights, encounters many of the city’s more hidden and harsh sides after dark. Zeynep is on the run from a mob connected to the nightlife business. One faithful night brings them together
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Zagor: Kara Bela (1971)
Character: N/A
Zagor is a costumed hero in the tradition of Batman or the Phantom who has been transplanted to the old west, with perhaps a bit of Tarzan thrown into the mix for extra pop cultural resonance. The son of a white army officer and his wife who were slain by Indians, Zagor was raised by a trapper who taught him to be murderously handy with an ax, a task that would come in handy when he embarked on his planned mission of vengeance against his parents' killers. Upon reaching adulthood, however, Zagor discovered that his father had also been responsible for the deaths of many Indians, and that the moral line was not drawn as clearly as he had initially thought. As a result, he vowed to become an equal opportunity protector of the oppressed, whether they be white settlers or Indians.
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