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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Its quiet observation of a man losing his place in the world shares Nishikawa’s restrained empathy, social realism, and attention to the small humiliations that test family bonds and self-worth.
02
Why this pick
A bruised, deeply compassionate portrait of people on society’s margins, carried by unvarnished performances and a tentative sense that connection can survive shame and hardship.
03
Why this pick
Though more energetic in style, it shares the moving commitment to an overlooked adult rebuilding a damaged life, finding hard-won agency without softening the surrounding economic reality.
04
Why this pick
Its unhurried, observant storytelling and generous attention to flawed people make it a strong match for the intimate emotional realism and patient humanism of Under the Open Sky.
05
Why this pick
Nishikawa’s similarly precise, unsentimental character work follows an emotionally stranded man forced toward responsibility, pairing social detail with a gradual, affecting moral awakening.
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01 / THE STORY
A middle-aged former yakuza is released from prison after thirteen years where he was placed for murder. He is struggling to adapt to society and freedom, find a job and communicate normally, but he is also preoccupied by the quest for his mother from whom he was separated as a child. He finds allies in his search for his parent and a place in mainstream society, but the process is not seamless or smooth.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
三上正夫
津乃田龍太郎
庄司勉
庄司敦子
松本良介
井口久俊
下稲葉明雅
下稲葉マス子