If you loved Story of a Prostitute, try Carmen from Kawachi
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Carmen from Kawachi has roughly 3.0× fewer votes than Story of a Prostitute — 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
Both films are directed by Seijun Suzuki, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Story of a Prostitute, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Carmen from Kawachi is
Suzuki tips his hat to operatic melodrama, then promptly burns the playhouse down. Tsuyu heads to Osaka and considers a career change after meeting a model agency owner. It is a film, for sure.
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