If you loved Goodbye to Our Kindergarten, try My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler

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

Theyboth carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, outsider, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Family territory. If that's the register that drew you to Goodbye to Our Kindergarten, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

bittersweetforeign gemoutsidertender

What My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler is

Apparently, pro wrestling has a way of getting under your skin, even when the skin is covered in a cockroach mask. Takashi Omura is a former wrestling star now playing the villain. His son's classmates are about to get a fanciful version of dad's career.

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