If you loved The Moon, try Riki-Oh 2: Child of Destruction

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 Moon

1994 · dir. Takashi Ito

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Riki-Oh 2: Child of Destruction

1990 · dir. Satoshi Dezaki

What they share

Theysit in Drama / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Moon, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Riki-Oh 2: Child of Destruction is

You arrive in Misaki, a town run by zealots and reactors. You're forced into brutal arena fights, and then you find your estranged brother. But he has powers now, and a new name: Savior. Dezaki’s live-action counterpart pushed the manga’s gore further, though this one is more sentimental.

If you loved The Moon, try Riki-Oh 2: Child of Destruction

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What they share

What Riki-Oh 2: Child of Destruction is

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