If you loved Portrait d'un criminel, try Femme dans un Enfer d'Huile
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 Hideo Gosha, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Portrait d'un criminel, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Femme dans un Enfer d'Huile is
The Postman Always Rings Twice, feudal Japan edition. A layabout gets cut off, then plots to rob his parents' business with the help of a local woman. Sonny Chiba shows up as a cop, but the film belongs to the doomed couple.
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