If you loved The Island Closest to Heaven, try Switching – Goodbye Me
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 Nobuhiko Obayashi, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Island Closest to Heaven, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Switching – Goodbye Me is
Life gets turned upside down for a teenager. Kazuo Saito moves with his mother after his parents divorce. It somehow all works out in the end.
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