If you loved Casting Blossoms to the Sky, try Hanagatami
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.
Was sie teilen
Both films are directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, and they both carry the bittersweet, slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to Casting Blossoms to the Sky, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Hanagatami is
Apparently war dramas can be pretty. Toshihiko attends school in a coastal town. It politely meanders through adolescence and wartime.
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