If you loved Hiruko the Goblin, try Le avventure del ragazzo del palo elettrico
Un ponte tra un film che hai già visto e uno che quasi nessuno ha incrociato. Questo è ciò che condividono, e ciò che il secondo fa che il primo non fa.
Cosa condividono
Both films are directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, and they both carry the surreal mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to Hiruko the Goblin, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Le avventure del ragazzo del palo elettrico is
A summer afternoon in Tokyo, the hum of vending machines. A boy feels something heavy crack through his spine like a branch splitting under snow. By dusk the lattice of power lines sprouts from his shoulder blades. Shadows lengthen across an empty playground. Steel fangs flash in the glow of flickering neon. Each spark between them promises a new sunrise. A fever dream of 1987 cyberpunk manga.

