If you loved New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line, try Kisses
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 Yasuzō Masumura. If that's the register that drew you to New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Kisses is
The 1957 film stages childhood’s first romance as a prison-visit icebreaker. Two kids gamble their way to a beach day after checking in on incarcerated fathers. A boxy 4:3 snapshot of fleeting innocence that ages like over-exposed film stock.

