If you loved Bumpkin Soup, try The Japanese Belly Button

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 playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Music territory. If that's the register that drew you to Bumpkin Soup, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Japanese Belly Button is

Helen’s confession stunt sounds like a nervy party game until the rehearsal doubles as the performance. Her troupe stages a public stumbling toward fluency that collapses into farce. A freewheeling fable where stage fright and stagecraft refuse to stay in their boxes.

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