If you loved The Chef of South Polar, try A Story of Yonosuke
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Both films are directed by Shuichi Okita, and they both carry the bittersweet, cozy, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Chef of South Polar, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What A Story of Yonosuke is
The late-eighties boom rolls over a boy from Nagasaki who mistakes university for destiny. An earnest kid flirts with club presidents and office romance before drifting home again. Funny how the economy gets all the press and the puppy love gets all the laughs.
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