If you loved Letter from the Mountain, try Humanity and Paper Balloons

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

Theyboth carry the cult, devastating, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Letter from the Mountain, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Humanity and Paper Balloons is

Rashomon meets The 47 Ronin. A ronin and a hairdresser intersect in a poor Edo district. Carries classic Japanese period drama.

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