If you loved Undercurrent, try Bamboo Doll of Echizen
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 Kōzaburō Yoshimura, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Undercurrent, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Bamboo Doll of Echizen is
Brutal meets kabuki. A grieving bamboo worker marries his father's former lover. The wife carries the film’s quiet, cutting sorrow across 1963 Japan.
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