If you loved The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai, try Doing Time
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
Theysit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Doing Time is
Here's a movie that thinks prison is like summer camp. A man is sent to a minimum-security prison where the inmates have settled into a highly structured, if dull, routine. The film certainly gives you a lot of time to ponder its themes.

