If you loved Lady Maiko, try Talking the Pictures
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Both films are directed by Masayuki Suō, and they both carry the foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Lady Maiko, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Talking the Pictures is
The film considers what passed for entertainment in Japan a century ago. A young man finds work at a rural cinema, hoping to become a benshi. His dreams hinge on providing live narration to silent films. It's quite a niche aspiration, then and now.
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