If you loved History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess, try 100 Years of Japanese Cinema

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History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

1970 · dir. Shōhei Imamura

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100 Years of Japanese Cinema

1995 · dir. Nagisa Ōshima

What they share

Theyboth carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Documentary / History territory. If that's the register that drew you to History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What 100 Years of Japanese Cinema is

The New Wave meets the old guard in a chronological scrapbook of Japanese cinema. Ōshima compiles milestones and backstage feuds into a 100-year mixtape of reels and rivalries. A dry, iconoclastic valentine to the form from one of its fiercest arbiters.

If you loved History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess, try 100 Years of Japanese Cinema

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

What they share

What 100 Years of Japanese Cinema is

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