If you loved Floating Weeds, try Early Summer
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
Both films are directed by Yasujirō Ozu, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Floating Weeds, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Early Summer is
Postwar Tokyo housewife Noriko’s extended family nudges the 28-year-old toward a 40-year-old suitor. A childhood friend’s return complicates her neatly arranged future. The quiet collision of duty and desire unfolds in a single neighborhood.
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