If you loved A Detective Story, try Kid's Story
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, and they both carry the paranoid mood tag, and they sit in Animation / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Detective Story, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Kid's Story is
The Matrix if animated by way of Japanese high school anxieties. A teen skater finds himself questioned by figures who may be agents of the system. The short nails teen angst and the original trilogy's paranoid vibe.
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