If you loved A Forest with No Name, try Backwater

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 Shinji Aoyama, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Forest with No Name, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Backwater is

Lord of the Flies meets The 400 Blows. Toma lives with his abusive father. Carried by a young protagonist's dark coming-of-age.

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