If you loved Mononoke the Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage, try Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain

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 Kenji Nakamura, and they both carry the dread, surreal mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Fantasy / Mystery territory. If that's the register that drew you to Mononoke the Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain is

The Edo harem corridors, slick with evening rain. Two new concubines sidestep whispers that cling to the walls. Beneath a lantern’s yellow glow, a sodden figure steps from the shadows, medicine gourds rattling.

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