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Nude

2010 · 103 min

A quiet, melancholy drift through ambition and compromise, watching a dream curdle into something bought and sold.

Directed by
Yûichi Onuma
Genres
Drama
Starring
Naoko Watanabe, Ken Mitsuishi, Aimi Satsukawa
Overview
After graduating high school, Hiromi moves from the coastal town of Niigata to Tokyo in the hopes of becoming a famous actress. Her dream seemingly comes true as a manager scouts her off the street. He recruits her as a model but it's actually to be a "nude" model. It's not exactly what Hiromi was looking for, but she can't turn down the opportunity. As her career dwindles, the manager coerces her to make the jump to AV and Hiromi gains a new identity as Mihiro.

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Directed by
Yûichi Onuma
Genres
Drama
Starring
Naoko Watanabe, Ken Mitsuishi, Aimi Satsukawa
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • ambition
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • class
  • exploration
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Yûichi Onuma
Written by
Mikaho Ishikawa, Yûichi Onuma, Mihiro
Starring
Naoko Watanabe, Ken Mitsuishi, Aimi Satsukawa, Mihiro, Tsuyoshi Gotô, Kanichi Hiraga, Takaki Uda
Music
Taku Unami
Cinematography
Shin Hayasaka
Runtime
103 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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