If you loved Fighting Elegy, try The Flower and the Angry Waves
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. The Flower and the Angry Waves hat ungefähr 3.7× Stimmen weniger als Fighting Elegy — ein tieferer Cut, keine Mainstream-Empfehlung. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
Was sie teilen
Both films are directed by Seijun Suzuki, and they both carry the outsider, playful, surreal mood tags, and they sit in Action / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Fighting Elegy, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What The Flower and the Angry Waves is
You play a yakuza, in love with your boss's bride-to-be. You steal her away and run. But Tokyo offers few places to hide. Suzuki's preference for stylized sets overtakes any sense of realism. The film lingers on gestures.
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