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Third Base

1978 · 102 min

A restless, quietly grim drift through bored youth and bad choices that curdles into violence and consequence.

Overview
Third is an aimless young man who hangs around with a couple of girls who are amateur hookers. One day, while acting as their pimp, he gets into a conflict with a young gangster and winds up killing him.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • crime
  • violence
  • guilt
Places
  • small town
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Yōichi Higashi
Written by
Shūji Terayama
Starring
Toshiyuki Nagashima, Tsuguaki Yoshida, Aiko Morishita, Akiko Shikata, Yūko Katagiri, Chiyoko Shimakura, Taketoshi Naitō, Toru Minegishi
Music
Michi Tanaka
Cinematography
Koichi Kawakami
Runtime
102 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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