If you loved Flowers, try The Liar and His Lover

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 Norihiro Koizumi, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags. If that's the register that drew you to Flowers, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Liar and His Lover is

Some shy man-screaming iconically relieves himself of his indie gig to moonlight as a nameless hitmaker. He falls for a teen who sings like an angel despite a stage-name-producing frontman. She’s scooped up by a producer who sounds suspiciously like her boyfriend.

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