If you loved The Hidden Blade, try Il crepuscolo del samurai
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 Yoji Yamada, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Hidden Blade, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Il crepuscolo del samurai is
Here's a film determined to make samurai seem tedious. Down-on-his-luck Seibei is ordered to duel a former friend, while his daughter hopes he will marry a lovely woman. The film certainly makes you consider the Meiji era's social changes.
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