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Wet Sand in August

1971 · 91 min

A sunlit, drifting farewell to youth, warm and sensual but shadowed by the knowledge that it cannot last.

Directed by: Toshiya Fujita
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Masasuke Hirose, Takenori Murano, Teresa Noda

Overview: Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.

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Directed by: Toshiya Fujita
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Masasuke Hirose, Takenori Murano, Teresa Noda

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 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
friendship
love
freedom
memory
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex strong

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Toshiya Fujita
Written by: Atsushi Yamatoya, Toshiya Fujita, Motozo Mineo
Starring: Masasuke Hirose, Takenori Murano, Teresa Noda, Midori Fujita, Kazuyo Sumida, Akemi Nara, Masako Yagi, Hajime Mitamura
Music: Pepe, Hiroshi Mutsu
Cinematography: Kenji Hagiwara
Runtime: 91 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese, English

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