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Turnabout (1940)
Body Swap Back Then
Having consumed multiple J doramas in the genre - parent/child body swap and more, I seem to have survived many years without really craving for the genre. But it was not from active avoidance - the gap growing merely because diverse other films and dramas had swept into my life leaving me no inclination to fish further and wider for any specific type of show. And then Turnabout turned me around in my tracks.
It's a body swap of the male to female form. You can thus image what it would entail but the film will turn those expectations somewhat about. I will not risk spoilers but insist that if you've seen films where minds and bodies are switched you should try this one. Of course, for a great many today, some films from the past may be hard to watch but I think that any connoisseur of films would agree that the black and white era holds some gems - sometimes one is almost tempted to call the time a treasure chest.
One would do well to get a bundle of such swap films from across the world and enjoy a weekend's binge to get the full benefit and to appreciate the demands and challenges of a body swap story and then evaluate the bouquet you picked for yourself!