If you loved Empire of Lust, try The Sound of a Flower

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 mood tag, and they sit in Drama / History / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Empire of Lust, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Sound of a Flower is

Apparently history was a real stickler for rules on singing. Chae-sun, a lowborn woman, challenges the status quo. It all goes predictably melodramatic from there.

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