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Wilderness: Part 1

2017 · 157 min

A slow, heavy character study that immerses you in bruised lives and quiet desperation, with boxing as a raw outlet for pain.

Overview
Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • friendship
  • redemption
  • trauma
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Yoshiyuki Kishi
Written by
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Starring
Masaki Suda, Yang Ik-june, Akari Kinoshita, Moro Morooka, Kazuya Takahashi, Anna Konno, Yuki Yamada, Aoba Kawai
Cinematography
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Runtime
157 min
Country
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Languages
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