If you loved That's It, try 009-1: The End of the Beginning

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.

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That's It

2015 · dir. Gakuryu Ishii

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009-1: The End of the Beginning

2013 · dir. Koichi Sakamoto

What they share

Theysit in Action / Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to That's It, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What 009-1: The End of the Beginning is

You're a cyborg superspy working the front lines of a still-raging Cold War. But a series of escalating conflicts exposes a conspiracy. Sakamoto lenses the action like live-action anime. The film pulses with kinetic energy.

If you loved That's It, try 009-1: The End of the Beginning

That's It

009-1: The End of the Beginning

What they share

What 009-1: The End of the Beginning is

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