Movie

Initiation Love

2015 · 110 min

A quiet, bittersweet romance that slowly tightens into a puzzle, leaving you uneasy about what you thought you saw.

Overview: Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long distance relationship, but their relationship breaks down.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, tense and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Love, betrayal, identity, isolation
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
betrayal
identity
isolation
memory
Places: big city
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild