If you loved It's a Flickering Life, try Mom, Is That You?!
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 Yoji Yamada, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to It's a Flickering Life, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Mom, Is That You?! is
A gentle film about a middle-aged son trying to reconnect with his aging mother. Akio travels to Tokyo and finds her vibrantly happy, hanging out with a suspiciously nice new friend. It's a movie about the way people change, or don't.
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