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Love: Starting on a Journey

1985 · 126 min

A slow, dreamlike romance that drifts between hospital wards and a shadowy afterlife, blending tender devotion with an eerie, melancholic sense of limbo.

Directed by: Toshio Masuda
Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Starring: Akina Nakamori, Masahiko Kondo, Hiroshi Katsuno

Overview: A girl suffering from an incurable disease get in a coma, while her boyfriend visit her to the hospital, she visits the beyond.

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Directed by: Toshio Masuda
Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Starring: Akina Nakamori, Masahiko Kondo, Hiroshi Katsuno

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
death
isolation
faith
healing
Places: hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	7
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: fantasy, mystery, romance
Directed by: Toshio Masuda
Written by: Kazuo Kasahara, Toshio Masuda
Starring: Akina Nakamori, Masahiko Kondo, Hiroshi Katsuno, Midori Hagio, Tanie Kitabayashi, Tetsuro Tamba
Runtime: 126 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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