If you loved L'amant, try You've Got A Friend

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 Ryuichi Hiroki, and they both carry the sexy mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to L'amant, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What You've Got A Friend is

Here's a man stuck on a legendary SM Queen. Yoshio works for the city's water department and lives with his mother. His life is apparently a faucet of unfulfilled desires.

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