If you loved The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue, try A Madder Red

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 Yuya Ishii, and they both carry the bittersweet, slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What A Madder Red is

Bittersweet family where a widow’s 7-year struggle juggles grief, elder care and a pandemic café. Her bullied son starts to crack under the pressure. A quietly observant chamber piece carried by three generations of stubborn love.

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