If you loved Cafe Funiculi Funicula, try Journey to the Shore
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 bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Cafe Funiculi Funicula, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Journey to the Shore is
Kiyoshi Kurosawa does like a ghost story. A woman's dead husband returns after three years to ask her on a journey to visit those who aided him. It's a mournful premise that mostly delivers on subdued atmosphere.

