If you loved The Real Thing, try Harmonium

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 Koji Fukada, and they both carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Real Thing, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Harmonium is

Toshio’s quiet workshop gets an ex-con handyman. The repairman’s presence cracks Toshio’s brittle family routine. A tense cohabitation quietly combusts under one roof.

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