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Cherry Blossoms

1989 · 109 min

A quiet, emotionally precise chamber drama that lingers on unspoken tensions and the ache of love that cannot be neatly resolved.

Directed by: Ryuichi Takamori
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Shima Iwashita, Natsumi Nanase, Hideaki Nitani

Overview: A story about love triangle between mother and daughter relation...

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Directed by: Ryuichi Takamori
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Shima Iwashita, Natsumi Nanase, Hideaki Nitani

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 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: love
family
betrayal
identity
guilt
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	7
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: Ryuichi Takamori
Written by: Machiko Nasu
Starring: Shima Iwashita, Natsumi Nanase, Hideaki Nitani, Naoko Kubo, Akiyuki Nosaka, Minori Terada, Karin Yamaguchi, Yukiyo Toake
Cinematography: Junichiro Hayashi
Runtime: 109 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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