If you loved The Flowers of Evil, try Sword of Desperation
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 tender mood tag, and they sit in Romance / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Flowers of Evil, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
tender
What Sword of Desperation is
Snow on the castle walls. A lone hawk circles. Sanzaemon, haunted by a past killing, trains with a wooden sword. His late wife's niece quietly tends the garden. Soon he must duel a master. A minor work of chambara that finds its intensity in character rather than action.
Ask 
ChatGPT
Claude
Grok
Le Chat
Perplexity
for a deeper bridge
ChatGPTClaudeGrokLe ChatPerplexity