If you loved House of Sayuri, try A Record of Sweet Murder
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 Koji Shiraishi, and they both carry the surreal mood tag, and they sit in Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to House of Sayuri, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What A Record of Sweet Murder is
Tokyo. Winter. A dripping faucet. One serial killer seeks a journalist. He needs a witness as he arranges the last bloody tableau for his deity. Shiraishi offers a nasty found-footage exercise.
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