Movie

BURN

2026 · 103 min

A woozy, glitter-smeared plunge into teenage despair that feels tender and nightmarish at once, leaving you shaken long after.

Tagline: Want to know why I set fire to Kabuki-cho?
Overview: When runaway teen Ju-Ju is embraced by a tribe of misfit youths in Kabukicho, she finds belonging for the first time — until betrayal and despair twist her haven into a prison, and she's left with one way to take back control.
How it feels: Bleak, eerie, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Trauma, isolation, found family, betrayal
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
isolation
found family
betrayal
grief
Places: big city
hospital
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong