If you loved School Days with a Pig, try What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?

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 Tetsu Maeda, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to School Days with a Pig, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? is

Here's a film about the anxieties of elder care, should you feel up to that. A middle-aged couple loses their jobs while also facing down the costs of a wedding and a funeral. It's a comedy, allegedly.

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