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To the Ends of the Earth

2019 · 120 min

A quiet, wandering study of a woman out of place, mixing gentle humor with loneliness and moments of unexpected beauty.

Directed by
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Atsuko Maeda, Shota Sometani, Tokio Emoto
Overview
A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show.

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Directed by
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Atsuko Maeda, Shota Sometani, Tokio Emoto
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • identity
  • isolation
  • work
  • love
  • freedom
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Written by
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring
Atsuko Maeda, Shota Sometani, Tokio Emoto, Ryo Kase, Adiz Rajabov, Muyassar Berdiqulova, Maruf Otajonov, Zulfiya Raimkulova
Music
Yusuke Hayashi
Cinematography
Akiko Ashizawa
Runtime
120 min
Country
Japan, Uzbekistan
Languages
English, Japanese, Uzbek

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