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Yakushima's Illusion

2025 · 122 min

A quiet, contemplative drama that lingers on loss and cultural friction, asking patience as it drifts between inner grief and misty island landscapes.

Directed by
Naomi Kawase
Genres
Drama
Overview
Corry, a French coordinator of pediatric heart transplants is sent to Japan where organ donation remains taboo. As she fights to save a young boy, her partner Jin, a photographer from Yakushima, suddenly vanishes.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Grief, isolation, family, death
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
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Genres
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Naomi Kawase
    Written by
    Naomi Kawase
    Starring
    Vicky Krieps, Kanichiro, Ojiro Nakamura, Misaki Kakano, Haruto Tsuchiya, Ukyo Todoshi, Rei Okamoto, Midori Matsuo
    Cinematography
    Dodo Arata, Masaya Suzuki
    Runtime
    122 min
    Country
    Japan, France, Luxembourg, Belgium
    Languages
    English, French, Japanese

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