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While the Women Are Sleeping

2016 · 103 min

A slow, uneasy summer at a hotel where curiosity about strangers quietly curdles into something unsettling.

Overview
Kenji and Aya spend their summer days in a Hotel. While she is doing her own thing, he tries to work on his novel. But then a few strange hotel guest arouse the curiosity of the couple.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • identity
  • deception
  • mystery
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery
Directed by
Wayne Wang
Written by
Michael Ray, Mami Sunada, Lee Shin-ho
Starring
Takeshi Kitano, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shioli Kutsuna, Sayuri Oyamada, Lily Franky, Hirofumi Arai, Makiko Watanabe, Canon Nawata
Music
Youki Yamamoto
Runtime
103 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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