If you loved Kotsutsubo, try Kisaragi Station
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 Jirô Nagae, and they both carry the dread, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to Kotsutsubo, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Kisaragi Station is
A quiet train station. Late night keyboard clicks. A folklore student fixates on the unsolved online mystery of Kisaragi Station. Her research soon bleeds into waking nightmares. This low-budget J-horror knows its audience.
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