If you loved Il mare e l'amore, try The Long Darkness
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 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 Il mare e l'amore, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Long Darkness 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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