If you loved High School Girl's Diary, try Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
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
Theysit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to High School Girl's Diary, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two is
You study the way shadows move at twilight when Sanshiro trains with an American boxer in a rain slick dojo and the punch lands lighter than expected. Then two brothers arrive from Okinawa and the air shifts. Kurosawa watches how a man’s grip loosens from rage to understanding.

