Movie

The Antique

2018 · 121 min

A gentle, bookish mystery that unfolds quietly, trading thrills for the slow warmth of old paper and buried family feelings.

Tagline: Memory of antique books.
Overview: Job-hunting Daisuke heads to the Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia in Kita-Kamakura with a book signed by Natsume Soseki that his deceased grandmother left behind. He asks the beautiful shop owner Shioriko to authenticate the book. However, the book in question hides an unexpected secret from his grandmother.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Memory, family, grief, mystery
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 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: memory
family
grief
mystery
identity
Places: small town
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild