If you loved The Calamari Wrestler, try Executive Koala
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 Minoru Kawasaki, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Calamari Wrestler, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Executive Koala is
Pacing fluorescent hallways at 4 AM, a six-foot koala in a sodden suit clutches a bloodstained ledger. His sleepwalking apartment hides a murdered human lover; the city’s neon siren wails for a suspect who remembers nothing. One jittery raccoon, one felonious frog, and an alibi made of pickles later. —Takeshi Kitano meets Joe Dante by way of J-horror footnotes.

