If you loved Kikujiro, try A Scene at the Sea
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 Takeshi Kitano, and they both carry the foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Kikujiro, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What A Scene at the Sea is
Takeshi Kitano directs, but also this is a romance? A young deaf man finds a surfboard and decides he will surf. His equally deaf girlfriend supports him. It's a very quiet film, one might say.
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