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Love and Other Cults

2017 · 95 min

A wry, drifting look at damaged young people searching for belonging, by turns funny and quietly sad.

Directed by
Eiji Uchida
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Sairi Ito, Kenta Suga, Kaito Yoshimura
Tagline
The Team Behind Lowlife Love Bring You.
Overview
Ai's mother sends her to live with a cult commune, where she remains for seven years. After the cult is broken up by the police, Ai struggles to fit in with society.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
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Directed by
Eiji Uchida
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Sairi Ito, Kenta Suga, Kaito Yoshimura
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • faith
  • found family
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour5
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Eiji Uchida
Written by
Eiji Uchida
Starring
Sairi Ito, Kenta Suga, Kaito Yoshimura, Hanae Kan, Ami Tomite, Hana Matsumoto, Nanami Kawakami, Katsuya Maiguma
Cinematography
Maki Ito
Runtime
95 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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