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Not Quite Dead Yet

2020 · 93 min

A light, brisk comedy with absurd corporate scheming and a warm father-daughter heart, easy to watch and mildly tense.

Directed by
Shinji Hamasaki
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Suzu Hirose, Ryo Yoshizawa, Shinichi Tsutsumi
Overview
After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.

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Directed by
Shinji Hamasaki
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Suzu Hirose, Ryo Yoshizawa, Shinichi Tsutsumi
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • death
  • corruption
  • redemption
  • identity
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour7
Realism4
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Shinji Hamasaki
Written by
Yoshimitsu Sawamoto
Starring
Suzu Hirose, Ryo Yoshizawa, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Lily Franky, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Tae Kimura, Shota Matsuda, Ryo Kato
Music
Hyadain
Cinematography
Tetsuya Kondo
Runtime
93 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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