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AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day

2015 · 120 min

A gentle, bittersweet ghost story about childhood friends learning to face a shared loss and forgive themselves.

Directed by
Masaki Nishiura
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Nijiro Murakami, Minami Hamabe, Jun Shison
Overview
Friends grow apart after a tragic accident claims one of their number. Years later, the dead girl appears to them to ask for their help in crossing over to the afterlife.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Masaki Nishiura
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Nijiro Murakami, Minami Hamabe, Jun Shison
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • friendship
  • guilt
  • healing
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
adventure, drama, fantasy, tv movie
Directed by
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Written by
Yoshihiro Izumi
Starring
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Runtime
120 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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