If you loved Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation, try Marudase Kintarou

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Marudase Kintarou has roughly 3.9× fewer votes than Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation — 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

Theysit in Animation / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Marudase Kintarou is

Here's a film that knows exactly what it is. To inherit his grandfather's school, a young man must prove his sexual prowess or lose everything to his lecherous colleagues. It's probably best not to think too hard about the metaphors here.

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