If you loved An Inn at Osaka, try The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
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Both films are directed by Heinosuke Gosho, and they both carry the tender mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to An Inn at Osaka, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Neighbour's Wife and Mine is
A film about the creative life, then. A playwright retreats to the countryside, where he finds inspiration in the form of the alluring woman next door. It's a comedy about how hard it is to get away from it all, until it isn't.
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