If you loved The Friends, try Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
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 Shinji Sōmai, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Friends, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Sailor Suit and Machine Gun is
Teen schoolgirls rarely inherit crime syndicates, but here one does. A yakuza clan replaces a fallen patriarch with an unlikely heir. The film remembered to give her a sailor suit and a machine gun.
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