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The Blue Hearts

2017 · 159 min

A patchwork of earnest, song-driven vignettes that drifts between youthful longing and quiet adult regret, uneven but often touching.}{.

Directed by: Noboru Iguchi, Ten Shimoyama
Genres: Drama
Starring: Kiko Mizuhara, Masatoshi Nagase, Yuu Fujisaki

Overview: Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song.

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Directed by: Noboru Iguchi, Ten Shimoyama
Genres: Drama
Starring: Kiko Mizuhara, Masatoshi Nagase, Yuu Fujisaki

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: music
identity
friendship
coming-of-age
rebellion
Places: big city
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: anthology
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Noboru Iguchi, Ten Shimoyama, Ken Iizuka, Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Kiko Mizuhara, Masatoshi Nagase, Yuu Fujisaki, Machiko Ono, Akihiro Kakuta, Minori Hagiwara, Sairi Ito, Hisashi Yoshizawa
Runtime: 159 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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