If you loved Drive My Car, try Happy Hour
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Happy Hour has roughly 16.7× fewer votes than Drive My Car — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. 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 Ryusuke Hamaguchi, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Drive My Car, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Happy Hour is
Scenes from a Marriage without the marriage. A close circle of friends in Kobe find their bonds tested by divorce and its fallout. Hamaguchi's early, intimate epic clocks in just over five hours.
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