If you loved The Long Darkness, try Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid

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.

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The Long Darkness

1972 · dir. Kei Kumai

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Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid

1975 · dir. Tim Reid, Tomoharu Katsumata

What they share

Theyboth carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Long Darkness, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid is

Apparently mermaids make poor life choices. A mermaid trades her kingdom for love. It ends about as well as expected.

If you loved The Long Darkness, try Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid

The Long Darkness

Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid

What they share

What Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid is

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