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House on Fire

1986 · 133 min

A rueful, wandering portrait of a selfish artist's tangled loves, drifting between tenderness and quiet devastation.

Directed by
Kinji Fukasaku
Genres
Drama
Tagline
Adapted from autobiographical story by Kazuo Dan, who published it a few months before his death
Overview
In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work

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Directed by
Kinji Fukasaku
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • grief
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Kinji Fukasaku
Written by
Fumio Kōnami, Kinji Fukasaku
Starring
Ken Ogata, Ayumi Ishida, Mieko Harada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Renji Ishibashi, Fumi Dan, Hatsuo Yamaya, Junko Miyauchi
Music
Takayuki Inoue
Cinematography
Daisaku Kimura
Runtime
133 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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