If you loved Falling Camellia, try Okiku and the World
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
Theysit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Falling Camellia, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Okiku and the World is
A period romance that finds fertile ground in the least sanitary corner of feudal Japan. Okiku, a disgraced samurai’s daughter, crosses paths with two itinerant waste collectors who hustle human excrement to farmers. The film blooms, somewhat miraculously, without smelling like one.

