If you loved Sure Death, try Good-for-Nothing

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Sure Death

1984 · dir. Masahisa Sadanaga

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Theyboth carry the outsider, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Sure Death, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

outsiderslow burn

What Good-for-Nothing is

You're a restless youth drifting through postwar Japan. You meet a woman tied to privilege, and she sees something worth saving in you. But the lure of easy money proves hard to resist. Yoshida's debut is pure Japanese New Wave. It leaves a hollow ache.

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