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Sad Vacation

2007 · 136 min

A slow, somber character study that immerses you in quiet desperation and fragile connections, demanding patience but rewarding with emotional depth.

Directed by
Shinji Aoyama
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tadanobu Asano, Eri Ishida, Aoi Miyazaki
Overview
Abandoned by his mother, Kenji scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs, including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this, he cares for the sister of an incarcerated friend and a young illegal immigrant. Eventually, his life reaches a turning point.

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Directed by
Shinji Aoyama
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tadanobu Asano, Eri Ishida, Aoi Miyazaki
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • isolation
  • family
  • guilt
  • redemption
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Shinji Aoyama
Starring
Tadanobu Asano, Eri Ishida, Aoi Miyazaki, Yuka Itaya, Katsuo Nakamura, Kengo Kora, Joe Odagiri, Kosuke Toyohara
Music
Hiroyuki Nagashima
Cinematography
Masaki Tamura
Runtime
136 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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