If you loved My Girlfriend Is a Serial Killer, try Dragnet Girl

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 outsider mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to My Girlfriend Is a Serial Killer, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Dragnet Girl is

Ozu does his version of a gangster picture, which is to say, not very gangsterish. A yakuza tough falls for a virginal office worker, much to the chagrin of his gun moll. It's less about the crime than the emotional havoc wreaked.

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