Seen everything by Kōichi Saitō?
If you've already watched everything Kōichi Saitō directed, here are 12 films from other directors that share the orbit of Tsugaru Folksong — the catalog's mood-cluster and similarity-graph neighbours, filtered to exclude Kōichi Saitō's own filmography. Where to go next. (Also: Kōichi Saitō's full filmography · where to start with Kōichi Saitō.)
In the Realm of the Senses
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Cruel Story of Youth
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Princess Yang Kwei-fei
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Double Suicide
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Crazed Fruit
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Story of a Prostitute
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Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
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Love Letter
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Dragnet Girl
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Akitsu Hot Springs
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Kisses
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