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Distant Thunder

1981 · 135 min

A quiet, patient study of a man tending his tomatoes and his tangled love life, drifting along with a gentle melancholy.

Directed by
Kichitaro Negishi
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Toshiyuki Nagashima, Johnny Ohkura, Eri Ishida
Overview
A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to keep alive his romance with the eccentric Kaede and parents selected fiancee Ayako.

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Directed by
Kichitaro Negishi
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Toshiyuki Nagashima, Johnny Ohkura, Eri Ishida
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • isolation
    • love
    • trauma
    • work
    Places
    • countryside
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance5
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    romance, drama
    Directed by
    Kichitaro Negishi
    Written by
    Haruhiko Arai
    Starring
    Toshiyuki Nagashima, Johnny Ohkura, Eri Ishida, Casey Takamine, Reiko Nanao, Izumi Hara, Yumiko Fujita, Keizo Kanie
    Music
    Takayuki Inoue
    Cinematography
    Shōhei Andō
    Runtime
    135 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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