If you loved Samurai Hustle Returns, try A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

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Samurai Hustle Returns

2016 · dir. Katsuhide Motoki

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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1957 · dir. Yūzō Kawashima

What they share

Theyboth carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Samurai Hustle Returns, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era is

Here's a film that perhaps overestimates the appeal of its protagonist. A freeloader gets stuck in a pleasure house at the end of the shogunate. He then schemes his way into a living there. It's a character study, for those who like that sort of character.

If you loved Samurai Hustle Returns, try A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Samurai Hustle Returns

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What they share

What A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era is

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