If you loved Afraid to Die, try The Blue Sky Maiden

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.

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Afraid to Die

1960 · dir. Yasuzō Masumura

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Both films are directed by Yasuzō Masumura, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Afraid to Die, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What The Blue Sky Maiden is

Apparently family secrets are best kept at the beach. Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to live with her grandmother. It's a coming of age story that somehow manages to be both lighthearted and dramatic.

If you loved Afraid to Die, try The Blue Sky Maiden

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If you loved Afraid to Die, try The Blue Sky Maiden

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What they share

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