If you loved Higan, try Parasite Dolls

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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Higan

2002 · dir. Yasushi Muraki

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Parasite Dolls

2003 · dir. Naoyuki Yoshinaga, Kazuto Nakazawa

What they share

Theysit in Animation / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Higan, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Parasite Dolls is

Dollhouse row houses at dusk, neon flickering like dying synapses. A Boomer’s smile peels off to reveal teeth of wire. The blue-collar hunter draws his stun-stick.

If you loved Higan, try Parasite Dolls

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What they share

What Parasite Dolls is

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