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Close Range Love

2014 · 118 min

A tender, slow-burning romance that feels like a guilty pleasure, with sweet tension and heartfelt longing.

Directed by
Naoto Kumazawa
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Tomohisa Yamashita, Nana Komatsu, Asami Mizukawa
Overview
A smart high school student falls in love with her English teacher after she receives one-on-one tutoring from him.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Naoto Kumazawa
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Tomohisa Yamashita, Nana Komatsu, Asami Mizukawa
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • betrayal
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
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
Realism7
Romance9
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Naoto Kumazawa
Written by
Yukiko Manabe
Starring
Tomohisa Yamashita, Nana Komatsu, Asami Mizukawa, Nozomu Kotaki, Mizuki Yamamoto, Hirofumi Arai, Kazuma Sano, Seika Furuhata
Music
Goro Yasukawa
Cinematography
Hiro'o Yanagida
Runtime
118 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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