If you loved El mar que nos mira, try The Long Darkness
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 Kei Kumai, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to El mar que nos mira, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What The Long Darkness is
Here's a film that wants to put its characters through it. Burdened by their respective family woes, Tetsuro and Shino decide to marry. Love, they hope, will overcome emotional and social hardships. It may be bleak, but at least it's decisive.

