If you loved Casting Blossoms to the Sky, try Labyrinth of Cinema

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Casting Blossoms to the Sky

2012 · dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi

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Both films are directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Fantasy / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to Casting Blossoms to the Sky, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Labyrinth of Cinema is

You settle in for a last picture show at your favorite haunt. But a storm knocks you into the celluloid itself. Obayashi's final film is a love letter, and a rambling elegy, for what cinema can conjure.

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