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Over the Fence

2016 · 112 min

A quiet, gently offbeat character study that finds warmth and odd humour in damaged people slowly reconnecting.

Directed by
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Genres
Drama, Adventure, Romance
Starring
Joe Odagiri, Yu Aoi, Shota Matsuda
Overview
A recently divorced and traumatized man moves to Hakodate, Hokkaido and attends a vocational college to learn carpentry along with several other students who are in the same boat as he. When a couple of the guys go to a hostess club the man meets an unconventional girl who likes him and a relationship is born.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Genres
Drama, Adventure, Romance
Starring
Joe Odagiri, Yu Aoi, Shota Matsuda
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • healing
  • identity
  • love
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, adventure, romance
Directed by
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Written by
Ryo Takada
Starring
Joe Odagiri, Yu Aoi, Shota Matsuda, Yukiya Kitamura, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Takumi Matsuzawa, Yûka, Shinya Tsukamoto
Music
Takuto Tanaka
Cinematography
Ryuto Kondo
Runtime
112 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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