If you loved Demons, try Pfahl in meinem Fleisch
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 Toshio Matsumoto, and they both carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Demons, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
foreign gem
What Pfahl in meinem Fleisch is
Persona without the pretense. In Tokyo's kinetic late 1960s underworld, a bar owner and his queen bee find their affair threatened by a younger hustler. The ensuing love triangle unleashes suppressed trauma. A landmark of the Japanese New Wave.

