If you loved Le Rendez-vous, try La ballade de Tsugaru
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 Kōichi Saitō, 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 Le Rendez-vous, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What La ballade de Tsugaru is
A late-arriving romantic tragedy draped in shamisen sorrow. A Tokyo couple drifts into a northern port town where the woman turns tricks while the man, yakuza-adjacent, shares her with a blind girl without complaint. The grandmother’s lament keeps time while the trio mistakes reluctant attachment for fate.
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