If you loved An Inn at Osaka, try Where Chimneys Are Seen
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Both films are directed by Heinosuke Gosho, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, 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 Where Chimneys Are Seen is
Tokyo Story without the long train rides. Two struggling couples and their families try to maintain their dignity amid the daily grind of factory work. A warm, humanist portrait of postwar life.
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