If you loved Love for an Idiot, try Giants and Toys
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 Yasuzō Masumura, and they both carry the outsider mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Love for an Idiot, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Giants and Toys is
A Tokyo ad man gets pulled into a candy war where his rivals are more ruthless than his own sweet tooth. He spends his days devising campaigns while his opponents devise schemes. In the end he learns the product isn’t glucose—it’s humiliation.
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