If you loved Samurai Pirate, try What's Up, Tiger Lily?
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 Senkichi Taniguchi, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Action / Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Samurai Pirate, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What What's Up, Tiger Lily? is
A scrambled egg of a movie, this one turns spy nonsense into a farcical treasure hunt for the world’s greatest egg salad. An American investigator in Tokyo stumbles into a war between criminal gangs, all chasing a mysterious recipe. The stakes are absurd, the humor drier than the salad’s promised perfection.

