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You Shine in the Moonlight

2019 · 101 min

A tender, bittersweet story that quietly builds emotional weight as it explores love and loss.

Directed by
Sho Tsukikawa
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Mei Nagano, Takumi Kitamura, Shouma Kai
Overview
Takuya Okada (Takumi Kitamura) is a high school student. He visits his classmate Mamizu Watarase (Mei Nagano) in the hospital. Mamizu Watarase suffers from the mysterious ailment “Luminescence disease.” People who have the disease show a faint sparkle under the moonlight and the sparkle gets brighter as their death gets closer. Mamizu Watarase is not allowed out of the hospital and she will not live long enough to become an adult. Takuya Okada offers to help her carry out her wishes before she passes away. He also tells her how he feels about her, but Mamizu Watarase’s death is approaching. --asianwiki

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Directed by
Sho Tsukikawa
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Mei Nagano, Takumi Kitamura, Shouma Kai
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • love
  • coming-of-age
  • grief
  • healing
Places
  • hospital
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight8

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Starring
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