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Cafe Funiculi Funicula

2018 · 116 min

A quiet, gently sad visit to a cozy cafe where small rules make every reunion bittersweet and time feel fragile.

Directed by: Ayuko Tsukahara
Genres: Fantasy, Drama
Starring: Kasumi Arimura, Kentaro Ito, Haru

Overview: Kazu works at "Funiculi Funicula" cafe. There is a mysterious rumour that if a customer takes a specific seat at the cafe, that customer can travel back to a time of their choice.

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Directed by: Ayuko Tsukahara
Genres: Fantasy, Drama
Starring: Kasumi Arimura, Kentaro Ito, Haru

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
memory
family
redemption
love
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	4
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: fantasy, drama
Directed by: Ayuko Tsukahara
Written by: Satoko Okudera
Starring: Kasumi Arimura, Kentaro Ito, Haru, Kento Hayashi, Motoki Fukami, Yutaka Matsushige, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Yoh Yoshida
Music: Masaru Yokoyama
Cinematography: Norimichi Kasamatsu
Runtime: 116 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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