If you loved Cafe Funiculi Funicula, try My Happy Marriage
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
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Both films are directed by Ayuko Tsukahara, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Cafe Funiculi Funicula, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What My Happy Marriage is
Here's a film that asks: can arranged marriage be a meet-cute? Miyo is forced to marry Kiyoka, a heartless military man with a reputation for scaring off fiancéEs. Maybe love can bloom on the battlefield, or at least in a very nice house.
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