If you loved Canary, try I Just Wanna Hug You

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 Akihiko Shiota, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Canary, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What I Just Wanna Hug You is

Here's a film that really, really wants you to feel something. A woman with serious disabilities falls for a taxi driver. The pair attempt domestic bliss, but life has further cruel plot twists in store. Gets the tears flowing, for sure.

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