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A Little Room for Hope

2018 · 1 season

A quietly painful watch that finds small warmth inside a bleak situation, asking patience and empathy from the viewer.

Created by
Hakuri
Genres
Drama
Starring
Anna Yamada, Shuhei Uesugi, Maika Sasaki
Overview
A girl (Anna Yamada) is just 14-years-old, but she endures a difficult life. Her parents abuse her at home and she is bullied by students at her school. She doesn't have a place where she can feel comfortable. One day, the girl is kidnapped by a man (Shuhei Uesugi) wearing a mask. The kidnapper names the girl Sachi, while wishing her to be happy. For the first time, Sachi can feel happiness.

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Created by
Hakuri
Genres
Drama
Starring
Anna Yamada, Shuhei Uesugi, Maika Sasaki
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • found family
  • family
  • healing
Places
  • home
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Hakuri
Written by
Shinya Hokimoto
Starring
Anna Yamada, Shuhei Uesugi, Maika Sasaki, Nagisa Saito, Junki Tozuka, Miyoko Akaza, Aoi Nono, Shima Onishi
Music
Tomohide Harada
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes, 24 min each
Network
tv asahi
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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