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Listen to the Universe

2019 · 119 min

A quiet, exacting immersion into the pressure and private grief behind musical performance, rewarding patience with emotional precision.

Directed by: Kei Ishikawa
Genres: Drama, Music
Starring: Mayu Matsuoka, Tori Matsuzaka, Win Morisaki

Overview: Four pianists take part in the preliminary round of an international piano playing competition. Each has a story that is different and unique. One is a former child prodigy who stopped playing when her mother died. One is a Julliard student. One is a new face and yet comes recommended.

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Directed by: Kei Ishikawa
Genres: Drama, Music
Starring: Mayu Matsuoka, Tori Matsuzaka, Win Morisaki

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: ambition
grief
identity
obsession
art
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, music
Directed by: Kei Ishikawa
Written by: Kei Ishikawa
Starring: Mayu Matsuoka, Tori Matsuzaka, Win Morisaki, Ouji Suzuka, Asami Usuda, Rila Fukushima, Hidekazu Mashima, Hairi Katagiri
Music: Daisuke Shinoda
Cinematography: Piotr Niemyjski
Runtime: 119 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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