If you loved Travelers, try 009-1: The End of the Beginning

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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2013 · dir. Koichi Sakamoto

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009-1: The End of the Beginning

2013 · dir. Koichi Sakamoto

What they share

Both films are directed by Koichi Sakamoto, and they both carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Action / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Travelers, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What 009-1: The End of the Beginning is

You're a cyborg superspy working the front lines of a still-raging Cold War. But a series of escalating conflicts exposes a conspiracy. Sakamoto lenses the action like live-action anime. The film pulses with kinetic energy.

If you loved Travelers, try 009-1: The End of the Beginning

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What they share

What 009-1: The End of the Beginning is

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