If you loved Violence Without a Cause, try A Pool Without Water

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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Violence Without a Cause

1969 · dir. Kōji Wakamatsu

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Both films are directed by Kōji Wakamatsu, and they both carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Violence Without a Cause, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What A Pool Without Water is

Here's a film that thinks it's about something. Our man, a railway worker, rescues a woman, discovers a knock-out drug, and descends into violent crime. It's a Kōji Wakamatsu film, so we know exactly the kind of "ideas" it's interested in.

If you loved Violence Without a Cause, try A Pool Without Water

Violence Without a Cause

A Pool Without Water

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What A Pool Without Water is

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If you loved Violence Without a Cause, try A Pool Without Water

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