If you loved Cipher, try Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana

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.

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Cipher

1989 · dir. Tsuneo Tominaga

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Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana

1987 · dir. Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

What they share

Theyboth carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Cipher, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana is

Here's one for the Tumblr crowd. Two beautiful boys at a boarding school find themselves inexplicably drawn to each other. Serge tries to connect with the aloof Gilbert, who is keeping secrets. It simmers like a suppressed memory of adolescent yearning.

If you loved Cipher, try Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana

Cipher

Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana

What they share

What Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana is

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