This is the sequel... I think I get it?
Noriko is frustrated with her life, so leaves, goes to Tokyo and becomes a member of a family for rent. Then her sister does similar. Their father ends up hiring them as a family... some are happy with that, some are not.
Where the previous movie was about the problem youth and them committing suicide, this one is pretty solidly about leaving behind life to find out about yourself. Through the rather extreme measure of becoming someone else, but you are out in the world, experiencing it through the eyes of someone who isn't you (while you are being you).
I looked up the previous movie, and got that then, but this is far more obvious. However, it's nearly three hours, and doesn't need to be obvious for that long. This does tie into the previous movie, and tries to reframe those events, but it easily stands alone.
This can speak to you, but I'm probably too old for it now.
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