If you loved The Sword, try The Lady of Musashino
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 Kenji Mizoguchi, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Sword, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What The Lady of Musashino is
Brief Encounter without trains. A woman stuck in a passionless marriage finds herself drawn to her cousin, though both resist acting on it. Instead, the younger man falls for a woman also entangled with the protagonist's husband. Mizoguchi makes the most of minimal melodrama.
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