If you loved Only Yesterday, try A Scene at the Sea
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. A Scene at the Sea has roughly 5.8× fewer votes than Only Yesterday — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Only Yesterday, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What A Scene at the Sea is
Takeshi Kitano directs, but also this is a romance? A young deaf man finds a surfboard and decides he will surf. His equally deaf girlfriend supports him. It's a very quiet film, one might say.
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