If you loved The Balloon, try The Temple of Wild Geese
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 Yūzō Kawashima, and they both carry the bittersweet, outsider mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Balloon, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Temple of Wild Geese is
Peyton Place if set in a Kyoto temple. A young acolyte and a kept woman find themselves drawn together amid corruption and cruelty. Masochism and ennui are rarely so gorgeously filmed.
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