If you loved The Girl in the Sun, try Blue Spring Ride
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 Takahiro Miki, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Girl in the Sun, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Blue Spring Ride is
A former crush returns in a rerun that ages poorly. High-schooler Futaba Yoshioka tracks down Tanaka Kou, the boy who once vanished, only to find a stranger in his place. At least the soundtrack still remembers the beat of first love.
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