If you loved The Japanese Belly Button, try Bumpkin Soup
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 playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Music territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Japanese Belly Button, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Bumpkin Soup is
Here's an oddity, even for Kurosawa: a musical comedy. Akiko treks to a Tokyo college to find her boyfriend, but encounters a host of eccentrics instead. What follows is either a send-up or an unintentional example of early-80s campus zaniness.
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