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Let Me Eat Your Pancreas

2017 · 115 min

A tender, quietly devastating coming-of-age story that balances lighthearted moments with a profound sense of loss.

Directed by: Sho Tsukikawa
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Minami Hamabe, Takumi Kitamura, Shun Oguri

Tagline: Till this day, I still remember those words from her…
Overview: A dying girl meets a nonchalant boy who found out her secret. She decided to fulfill her bucket list with none-other-than the boy who couldn't care less about the world.

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Directed by: Sho Tsukikawa
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Minami Hamabe, Takumi Kitamura, Shun Oguri

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
love
coming-of-age
grief
friendship
Places: school
small town
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Sho Tsukikawa
Written by: Tomoko Yoshida
Starring: Minami Hamabe, Takumi Kitamura, Shun Oguri, Karen Otomo, Keiko Kitagawa, Yuma Yamoto, Dori Sakurada, Daichi Morishita
Music: Suguru Matsutani, Kazutoshi Sakurai
Cinematography: Hiro'o Yanagida
Runtime: 115 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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