If you loved Grasshopper, try 009-1: The End of the Beginning

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.

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Grasshopper

2015 · dir. Tomoyuki Takimoto

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009-1: The End of the Beginning

2013 · dir. Koichi Sakamoto

What they share

Theyboth carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Action / Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Grasshopper, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What 009-1: The End of the Beginning is

You're a cyborg superspy working the front lines of a still-raging Cold War. But a series of escalating conflicts exposes a conspiracy. Sakamoto lenses the action like live-action anime. The film pulses with kinetic energy.

If you loved Grasshopper, try 009-1: The End of the Beginning

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009-1: The End of the Beginning

What they share

What 009-1: The End of the Beginning is

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