If you loved Waterboys, try Swing Girls

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 Shinobu Yaguchi, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Waterboys, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Swing Girls is

Here's a film about what happens when a little accidental food poisoning turns into a shot at jazz stardom. A group of underachieving students must learn to play instruments to fill in for their school band. It's not exactly Whiplash, but it's got horns.

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