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After the Rain

2000 · 91 min

A gentle, humanistic period drama that balances quiet marital tenderness with the restrained tensions of stranded travelers and samurai honor.

Directed by: Takashi Koizumi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shirō Mifune

Overview: A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.

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Directed by: Takashi Koizumi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shirō Mifune

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
love
identity
class
survival
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Takashi Koizumi
Written by: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shirō Mifune, Hisashi Igawa, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mieko Harada, Fumi Dan
Music: Masaru Satō
Cinematography: Shoji Ueda
Runtime: 91 min
Country: France, Japan
Languages: Japanese

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