If you loved Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, try Historias crueles de juventud
Un puente entre una película que ya has visto y una que casi nadie ha cruzado. Esto es lo que comparten, y lo que la segunda hace que la primera no hace.
Lo que comparten
Theyboth carry the outsider mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Historias crueles de juventud is
Oshima's early film seeks to shock, and mostly succeeds. A young couple drifts into petty crime and nihilism in 1950s Japan. It got people talking, at least.
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