If you loved Young Swordsman, try Samurai Saga
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 Hiroshi Inagaki, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Young Swordsman, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Samurai Saga is
You fence and write poems in feudal Japan, though your large nose precedes you. But your big heart aches for a woman beyond your reach, so you ghostwrite love letters for a handsome fool. Inagaki's widescreen compositions lend scale to a small, sad story.

