If you loved Apart from You, try Frau, sei wie eine Rose!
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Both films are directed by Mikio Naruse, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Apart from You, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Frau, sei wie eine Rose! is
Madame Butterfly meets Tokyo street life. Kimiko searches for her absent father to negotiate her marriage. Carries the tone of 1930s Japan.
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