If you loved Uzumasa Limelight, try Phone Call to the Bar

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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Phone Call to the Bar

2011 · dir. Hajime Hashimoto

What they share

Theysit in Action / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Uzumasa Limelight, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Phone Call to the Bar is

You're a Sapporo gumshoe, drinking away the blues. Then a call comes: a woman needs a small favor done. But something feels off, though the job looks easy. The detective trusts his gut. Hashimoto's picture keeps the camera close, cutting through neon glare and Hokkaido chill. What remains is a portrait of hard men doing right.

If you loved Uzumasa Limelight, try Phone Call to the Bar

Uzumasa Limelight

Phone Call to the Bar

What they share

What Phone Call to the Bar is

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