If you loved Casting Blossoms to the Sky, try Hanagatami
Un puente entre una película que ya has visto y una que casi nadie ha cruzado. Esto es lo que comparten, y lo que la segunda hace que la primera no hace.
Lo que comparten
Both films are directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, and they both carry the bittersweet, slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to Casting Blossoms to the Sky, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Hanagatami is
Apparently war dramas can be pretty. Toshihiko attends school in a coastal town. It politely meanders through adolescence and wartime.
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