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100 Yen Love

2014 · 114 min

A raw, quietly grueling character study that finds bruised hope in a lonely woman's slow fight for self-respect.

Directed by
Masaharu Take
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Starring
Sakura Ando, Hirofumi Arai, Toshie Negishi
Overview
Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets boxer Kano who trains there in silence...

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Directed by
Masaharu Take
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Starring
Sakura Ando, Hirofumi Arai, Toshie Negishi
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • redemption
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism9
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, comedy, romance
Directed by
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Written by
Shin Adachi
Starring
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Music
Shogo Kaida
Cinematography
Hiromitsu Nishimura
Runtime
114 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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