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Modest Heroes

2018 · 54 min

Three gentle, beautifully drawn short fables that shift from tender to tense, leaving a soft ache of quiet wonder.

Overview
Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.

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  • Netflix
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • survival
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • fantasy world
  • big city
  • home
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • anthology
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour4
Realism3
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
animation, fantasy, adventure, drama
Directed by
Akihiko Yamashita, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose, Takuya Okada
Written by
Akihiko Yamashita, Yoshiyuki Momose, Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Starring
Min Tanaka, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Joe Odagiri, Fumino Kimura, Rio Suzuki, Machiko Ono, Souta Shinohara, Yuko Sasaki
Music
Yasutaka Nakata, Masanori Shimada
Cinematography
Toru Fukushi, Jiro Tazawa
Runtime
54 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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