If you loved The Sword, try The Lady of Musashino
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Both films are directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Sword, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What The Lady of Musashino is
Brief Encounter without trains. A woman stuck in a passionless marriage finds herself drawn to her cousin, though both resist acting on it. Instead, the younger man falls for a woman also entangled with the protagonist's husband. Mizoguchi makes the most of minimal melodrama.
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