If you loved Historia de una prostituta, try Carmen from Kawachi
Un puente entre una película que ya has visto y una que casi nadie ha cruzado. Carmen from Kawachi tiene aproximadamente 3.0× votos menos que Historia de una prostituta — es una opción más underground, no una recomendación de masas. Esto es lo que comparten, y lo que la segunda hace que la primera no hace.
Lo que comparten
Both films are directed by Seijun Suzuki, 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 Historia de una prostituta, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Carmen from Kawachi is
Suzuki tips his hat to operatic melodrama, then promptly burns the playhouse down. Tsuyu heads to Osaka and considers a career change after meeting a model agency owner. It is a film, for sure.
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