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Dark Room

1983 · 122 min

A quiet, uneasy character study that drifts between grief and desire, asking patience as it blurs memory, jealousy and fiction.

Overview
A writer haunted by the death of his wife and threatened by the imagined infidelities of his lovers uses his affairs for the subjects of his novels.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • obsession
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • sexuality
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Kirio Urayama
Written by
Toshirō Ishidō
Starring
Kōji Shimizu, Rie Kimura, Mayumi Miura, Yoshimi Ashikawa, Yuki Kazamatsuri, Eimei Esumi, Sachiko Take, Usagi Asō
Music
Teizō Matsumura
Cinematography
Shōhei Andō
Runtime
122 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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