If you loved Tokyo Trash Baby, try Dead or Alive 2: Birds

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 Trash Baby

2000 · dir. Ryuichi Hiroki

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Dead or Alive 2: Birds

2000 · dir. Takashi Miike

What they share

Theysit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Tokyo Trash Baby, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Dead or Alive 2: Birds is

Takashi Miike seemingly asked himself, "What if two hitmen had feelings?" Childhood friends Ryuichi and Shuichi rediscover their bond during a job. They briefly retire to their hometown to contemplate their lives before deciding to become vigilantes. It's probably the most heartfelt movie about contract killers you'll ever see.

If you loved Tokyo Trash Baby, try Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Tokyo Trash Baby

Dead or Alive 2: Birds

What they share

What Dead or Alive 2: Birds is

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