If you loved The Eel, try Kids Return
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
Theyboth carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Eel, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Kids Return is
You loaf in Matsumoto, pulling schoolyard shakedowns. But expulsion arrives, and life forks: boxing gym or gangland. Shinji jabs; Masaru menaces. Soon enough, though, their choices land differently. Kitano's camera finds a quiet beauty in the banality of their downbeat destinies. It lingers.
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