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The Moment You Fall in Love

2016 · 63 min

A soft, aching little romance that lingers on blushes and unspoken feelings, tender rather than dramatic.

Directed by: Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Genres: Drama, Animation, Romance
Starring: Tsubasa Yonaga, Natsuki Hanae, Momo Asakura

Overview: Following Natsuki Enomoto's confession rehearsals with Yuu Setoguchi, their younger siblings Kotarou and Hina struggle to confess their own love. Despite a disastrous first meeting in middle school with her upperclassman Koyuki Ayase, Hina’s heart is captured by his warm smile. Initially confused by these newfound feelings, Hina soon realizes that she has fallen in love for the very first time. Chasing after her brother Yuu and her crush Koyuki, Hina also enrolls in Sakuragaoka High School; but the threads of love are far-reaching, and they entangle Hina and her friends. Boisterous but sensitive, Hina hopes to confess her feelings to the tender-hearted Koyuki. Meanwhile, Kotarou, oblivious to his own feelings for her, is determined to always keep Hina smiling. This movie follows Hina, Kotarou, and Koyuki in high school. Their youthful love forges new relationships, but also threatens to break others.

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Directed by: Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Genres: Drama, Animation, Romance
Starring: Tsubasa Yonaga, Natsuki Hanae, Momo Asakura

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

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	8
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, animation, romance, comedy
Directed by: Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Written by: Yoshimi Narita
Starring: Tsubasa Yonaga, Natsuki Hanae, Momo Asakura, Aki Toyosaki, Haruka Tomatsu, Kana Asumi, Yuki Kaji, Sora Amamiya
Cinematography: Ayumi Ushijima, Yoshihiro Sekiya
Runtime: 63 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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