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In Haruhiko Arai's new film “A Spoiling Rain” (2023), the sign on the door of a small Korean bar in Shin Okubo (?) is written as "생활의발견", a clear nod to Hong Sang-soo's 2002 film of the same name, “On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate”.

As with Hong's film, “A Spoiling Rain“ is marked by downpour of rain, which is not helped by the use of umbrellas.