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Hanagatami

2017 · 169 min

A feverish, painterly plunge into youthful longing and loss, edited with restless invention and swelling with sorrow and defiance.

Directed by
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Starring
Shunsuke Kubozuka, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Keishi Nagatsuka
Overview
Spring, 1941: 16-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.

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Directed by
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Starring
Shunsuke Kubozuka, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Keishi Nagatsuka
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • death
  • friendship
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism5
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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drama, romance, war
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