If you loved Her Love Boils Bathwater, try A Long Goodbye
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. A Long Goodbye has roughly 4.7× fewer votes than Her Love Boils Bathwater — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. 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 Ryota Nakano, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Her Love Boils Bathwater, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What A Long Goodbye is
A filial time capsule disguised as a birthday party. When a family gets dementia’s diagnosis on the patriarch’s 70th, the daughters trade cake for care plans. A quiet genre entry that forgets to feel tragic.
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