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Taksu

2014 · 105 min

A quiet, contemplative drift through grief and unfamiliar surroundings, slow and introspective, with little plot but a lingering melancholy mood.

Directed by
Kiki Sugino
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yoko Mitsuya, Takumi Saitoh, Kiki Sugino
Overview
Chihiro is depressed and obsessed with his own mortality. Him and his wife, Yuri (Yoko Mitsuya), decide to take a trip to Bali, Indonesia to see his pregnant sister, Kumi (Kiki Sugino). They hope the trip can bring about change.

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Directed by
Kiki Sugino
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yoko Mitsuya, Takumi Saitoh, Kiki Sugino
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • isolation
    • family
    • identity
    • healing
    Places
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension3
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Kiki Sugino
    Written by
    Kotaro Wajima
    Starring
    Yoko Mitsuya, Takumi Saitoh, Kiki Sugino, Hayate Matsuzaki, Cornelio Sunny, Hiroyuki Takashima, Tom Mes
    Music
    TOMINOMORI Seigan
    Cinematography
    Sidi Saleh
    Runtime
    105 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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