If you loved Nikudan, try The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
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Both films are directed by Kihachi Okamoto, and they both carry the outsider mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Nikudan, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman is
Here's a gentle ribbing of the Japanese white-collar life. A Tokyo clerk recounts his unremarkable existence to a newspaper reporter. It's a simple snapshot, yet perhaps still too close to the bone for some.
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