If you loved Tokyo 1958, try Hokusai

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.

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Tokyo 1958

1958 · dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara, Zenzō Matsuyama, Susumu Hani, Yoshiro Kawazu, Kyushiro Kusakabe, Sadamu Maruo, Kanzaburo Mushanokoji, Masahiro Ogi, Ryuichiro Sakisaka

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Both films are directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, and they both carry the atmospheric mood tag, and they sit in Documentary territory. If that's the register that drew you to Tokyo 1958, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Hokusai is

Kurosawa meets art biography. Documentary on Katsushika Hokusai's life and wood-block art. Carries 1950s Japanese culture.

If you loved Tokyo 1958, try Hokusai

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