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The Apology King

2013 · 128 min

A brisk, deadpan comedy that turns the awkward ritual of saying sorry into escalating absurd set pieces, funny and oddly sincere.

Directed by
Nobuo Mizuta
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Sadao Abe, Mao Inoue, Masaki Okada
Overview
Ryoro Kurojima is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.

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Directed by
Nobuo Mizuta
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Sadao Abe, Mao Inoue, Masaki Okada
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • identity
  • deception
  • redemption
  • media
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
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
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Nobuo Mizuta
Written by
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Starring
Sadao Abe, Mao Inoue, Masaki Okada, Katsumi Takahashi, Yutaka Takenouchi, Machiko Ono, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Music
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Cinematography
Kôichi Nakayama
Runtime
128 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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