If you loved Girls of the Night, try Love Under the Crucifix
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 Kinuyo Tanaka, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Girls of the Night, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Love Under the Crucifix is
A Christian tea master and his daughter navigate faith and forbidden romance in feudal Japan. Ogin’s love for a married prince deepens just as the Shogun declares war on Christianity. The film’s crushing earnestness somehow remains endearing.

