If you loved La mer regarde, try La Rivière Shinobu
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 Kei Kumai, 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 La mer regarde, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What La Rivière Shinobu 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.
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