If you loved This Transient Life, try Summer of Ubume
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Summer of Ubume has roughly 4.1× fewer votes than This Transient Life — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. 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 Akio Jissoji, and they both carry the dread, foreign gem mood tags. If that's the register that drew you to This Transient Life, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Summer of Ubume is
Japan, humid late-summer. Cicada song. A bookseller moonlights in occultism. His detective friend can see memories. They investigate a woman pregnant for twenty months, her missing husband, and a sister desperate for answers. Is it a curse? Jissoji's theatrical horror is a deep cut for fans of occult detective fiction.
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