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Secret

1999 · 119 min

A gentle, bittersweet fantasy that explores love and loss through an unusual family bond, leaving a soft ache.

Directed by
Yojiro Takita
Genres
Drama, Fantasy
Overview
A man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter, his wife died, but her mind somehow got transfered into their daughter's body.

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Directed by
Yojiro Takita
Genres
Drama, Fantasy
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • memory
  • identity
  • love
Places
  • home
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism5
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, fantasy
Directed by
Yojiro Takita
Written by
Hiroshi Saito
Starring
Ryoko Hirosue, Kaoru Kobayashi, Ken Kaneko, Yuriko Ishida, Hideaki Ito, Tomoe Shinohara, Kayoko Kishimoto, Rie Shibata
Music
Ryudo Uzaki
Cinematography
Naoki Kayano
Runtime
119 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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