If you loved Escape from Japan, try Good-for-Nothing

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Escape from Japan

1964 · dir. Yoshishige Yoshida

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Both films are directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, and they sit in Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Escape from Japan, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Good-for-Nothing is

You're a restless youth drifting through postwar Japan. You meet a woman tied to privilege, and she sees something worth saving in you. But the lure of easy money proves hard to resist. Yoshida's debut is pure Japanese New Wave. It leaves a hollow ache.

If you loved Escape from Japan, try Good-for-Nothing

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