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Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

2017 · 93 min

A dizzying, joyful night out where surreal encounters and tender longing blend into a playful, romantic whirl.

Directed by
Masaaki Yuasa
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Animation
Tagline
An epic night out on the town filled with chance encounters and strange romance.
Overview
As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife – all the while unaware of the romantic longings of "Senpai", a senior student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her in an effort to win her heart.

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Directed by
Masaaki Yuasa
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Animation
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • fate
  • friendship
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour8
Realism3
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, romance, animation, fantasy
Directed by
Masaaki Yuasa
Written by
Makoto Ueda
Starring
Gen Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryuji Akiyama, Kazuya Nakai, Yuhko Kaida, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Seiko Niizuma
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
93 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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