If you loved Thermae Romae II, try Thermae Romae
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 Hideki Takeuchi, and they both carry the cozy, neon soaked mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Thermae Romae II, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Thermae Romae is
Here's a film about cultural exchange, of sorts. A Roman bath architect travels through time to modern Japan, cribbing their bathing tech. He returns to ancient Rome and becomes a celebrated innovator. It’s essentially a fish-out-of-water comedy, but with more loincloths.

