If you loved Marmalade Boy, try Kabukicho Love Hotel
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 bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Marmalade Boy, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Kabukicho Love Hotel is
Here's a film that certainly sounds like it was a good time on set. Over one twenty-four hour period, various stories unfold at a Tokyo "love hotel." It seems everyone involved got exactly what they wanted out of the project.
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