If you loved Only Yesterday, try Grave of the Fireflies
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 Isao Takahata, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama 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 Grave of the Fireflies is
Kobe, summer, cicadas buzzing. Two orphaned siblings, a burnt mother, an abandoned bomb shelter. Takahata grounds the anime tradition in harsh reality.
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