If you loved Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director, try Children of Hiroshima
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.
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Children of Hiroshima
What they share
Both films are directed by Kaneto Shindō, and they both carry the tender mood tag. If that's the register that drew you to Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Children of Hiroshima is
You teach in a school near Hiroshima and then face the aftermath of the atomic bomb. The film leaves viewers with a sense of devastation.