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Closest Love to Heaven

2017 · 109 min

A gentle, tender teen romance that quietly builds toward heartbreak, asking you to sit with its sadness rather than be surprised by it.

Directed by
Taisuke Kawamura
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Taishi Nakagawa, Marie Iitoyo, Shono Hayama
Overview
When Ninon finds out that her neighbor and popular classmate Yuiji Kira only has one year to live, she decides to go out of her way and help him attain happiness on his remaining time.

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Directed by
Taisuke Kawamura
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Taishi Nakagawa, Marie Iitoyo, Shono Hayama
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • death
    • friendship
    Places
    • school
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance7
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    romance, drama
    Directed by
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    Written by
    Chieko Nakagawa
    Starring
    Taishi Nakagawa, Marie Iitoyo, Shono Hayama, Yuna Taira, Kohki Okada, Rieko Miura, Ken Yasuda, Show Kasamatsu
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    Harumi Fuuki
    Cinematography
    Takamasa Kanazawa
    Runtime
    109 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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