If you loved After the Flowers, try Samurai Assassin
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
Theyboth carry the devastating, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Drama / History territory. If that's the register that drew you to After the Flowers, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Samurai Assassin is
You wait on a muddy road outside Edo Castle as rain starts to fall. A single, bloodied katana rests at your feet. Then the city’s chief enforcer rides past, untouched. The camera watches the crowd part like water, still and deep.
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