If you loved The Song of the Cart, try The Great White Tower

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 Satsuo Yamamoto, and they both carry the slow burn mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Song of the Cart, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Great White Tower is

Jungle Law meets medical school. Two ex-classmates climb Naniwa University Hospital’s hierarchy: ruthless surgeon Goro Zaizen eyes the top, while Shuji Satomi sticks to patients and research. 1966 Japan’s hospital politics through a zero-sum lens.

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