If you loved The Wild Geese, try Akitsu Hot Springs
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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Theyboth carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Wild Geese, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Akitsu Hot Springs is
Yoshida here asks: what if we made a melodrama about doomed lovers, but really, really Japanese? A woman running a hot springs inn begins an affair with a sickly man, with tragic results. It got exactly as maudlin as you feared it might.
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