If you loved I Have to Buy New Shoes, try Halfway
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Both films are directed by Eriko Kitagawa, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to I Have to Buy New Shoes, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Halfway is
Apparently high school love can be a real obstacle course. Hiro's new romance with Shu is threatened by his impending departure to college. It's a long distance relationship before it even starts.
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