If you loved Kikujiros Sommer, try Das Meer war ruhig
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 Takeshi Kitano, and they both carry the foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Kikujiros Sommer, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Das Meer war ruhig is
Takeshi Kitano directs, but also this is a romance? A young deaf man finds a surfboard and decides he will surf. His equally deaf girlfriend supports him. It's a very quiet film, one might say.
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