If you loved Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers!, try The Kirishima Thing
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 Daihachi Yoshida, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers!, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Kirishima Thing is
Breakfast Club without the club. A volleyball star's vanishing act triggers a chain reaction among students in various social circles, each grappling with their own insecurities and desires. The film subtly observes the delicate ecosystem of high school hierarchy.

