If you loved My Little Sweet Pea, try Thicker than Water
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 Keisuke Yoshida, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to My Little Sweet Pea, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Thicker than Water is
Here's a film that asks, "Can a printing company be a hotbed of repressed desire?" The owner pines for a client, her sister pines for the same client, and the client's ex-con brother is now in the mix. It is what it is: a low-key Japanese comedy about longing.

