If you loved The Face of Another, try Rikyu
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Rikyu has roughly 8.5× fewer votes than The Face of Another — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. 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 Hiroshi Teshigahara, and they both carry the cerebral, foreign gem, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Face of Another, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Rikyu is
Amadeus with matcha. A 16th-century tea master instructs a powerful warlord in the subtleties of the ceremony. Teshigahara's austere film quietly contrasts art and brute power.
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