If you loved Oyuki the Virgin, try The Downfall of Osen

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 Kenji Mizoguchi, and they both carry the bittersweet, outsider mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Oyuki the Virgin, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Downfall of Osen is

Osen meets Flesh Without Love A maid launders another man’s sins. Bad debt and bad karma collide in 1930s Tokyo.

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