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Blue Spring Ride

2014 · 122 min

A gentle, bittersweet teen romance that lingers on first love, loss, and the quiet ache of growing up.

Directed by: Takahiro Miki
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Tsubasa Honda, Masahiro Higashide, Yua Shinkawa

Overview: In middle school, Futaba Yoshioka was madly in love with Tanaka Kou but he moves away with his mother. She is reunited with him later in life but he is not the same person anymore.

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Directed by: Takahiro Miki
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Tsubasa Honda, Masahiro Higashide, Yua Shinkawa

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
grief
coming-of-age
identity
friendship
Places: school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	8
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: Takahiro Miki
Written by: Tomoko Yoshida
Starring: Tsubasa Honda, Masahiro Higashide, Yua Shinkawa, Ryo Yoshizawa, Izumi Fujimoto, Yu Koyanagi, Mitsuki Takahata, Yudai Chiba
Music: Kosuke Yamashita, Yuki Hayashi
Cinematography: Kosuke Yamada
Runtime: 122 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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