If you loved Mandala, try Poem
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 Akio Jissoji, and they both carry the bittersweet, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Mandala, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Poem is
Barry Lyndon without costumes. A young man devoted to tradition observes a noble family's decline. Jissoji's formalism and the superb lead performance combine into a potent study of repressed longing.
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