If you loved The Human Bullet, try The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

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 Kihachi Okamoto, and they both carry the outsider mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Human Bullet, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman is

Here's a gentle ribbing of the Japanese white-collar life. A Tokyo clerk recounts his unremarkable existence to a newspaper reporter. It's a simple snapshot, yet perhaps still too close to the bone for some.

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