Movie

Kagero-za

1981 · 140 min

A dreamlike, disorienting experience where reality and ghost story blur, demanding patience and rewarding it with haunting imagery.

Overview: A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, romantic and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, obsession, death, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
death
betrayal
memory
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild