If you loved Assassination, try Gonza the Spearman
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 Masahiro Shinoda, and they both carry the slow burn mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Assassination, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Gonza the Spearman is
Romeo and Juliet, but with ritual suicide. A samurai is goaded into a compromising situation with a married woman, and honor demands satisfaction. Shinoda's late-period color work has a painterly stillness.

