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Waiting in the Dark

2006 · 130 min

A quiet, uneasy drama that creeps along with hushed tension and lingering sadness, asking patience as it studies two isolated lives.

Overview
A precarious loner sneaks into a blind woman's home and begins living there without her noticing. Meanwhile, the woman mourns her recently deceased father and struggles to remain connected to the world.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • grief
    • loneliness
    • identity
    Places
    • home
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, romance
    Directed by
    Daisuke Tengan
    Written by
    Daisuke Tengan
    Starring
    Rena Tanaka, Chen Bolin, Haruka Igawa, Koichi Sato, Mao Miyaji, Ittoku Kishibe, Shiro Sano, Kazuki Namioka
    Runtime
    130 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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