If you loved My Sons, try The Village
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 Yoji Yamada, and they both carry the bittersweet, cozy mood tags. If that's the register that drew you to My Sons, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Village is
Not *The Music Man* but a Japanese village deciding whether to bankroll a musical. With overhead to fund and fields to tend they hesitate but Ms. Kono sells it. Slices of rural life parade across screen. A time capsule where heart edges out spectacle.

