If you loved The Sword of Alexander, try The Big Bee

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 Yukihiko Tsutsumi. If that's the register that drew you to The Sword of Alexander, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What The Big Bee is

Rooftop, 1995. Fax machine hum. Distant drone over a nuclear plant becomes a child's prison. Blackmail demands versus impossible choices. Tsutsumi's thriller recalls the fatalism of early Kore-eda.

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