If you loved Gushing Prayer, try A.K.A. Serial Killer
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 Masao Adachi, and they both carry the outsider, raw mood tags. If that's the register that drew you to Gushing Prayer, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
outsiderraw
What A.K.A. Serial Killer is
You follow the trail of a nineteen-year-old serial killer across 1960s Japan. But the media circus obscures a deeper story of poverty and social alienation. Adachi's camera implicates the viewer, blurring lines between documentary and something else entirely.

