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Birdland

2019 · 20 min

A quiet, aching plunge into an old man's solitude, where memory and loss blur into one tender, lingering ache.

Overview: After his caretaker leaves him for dark and lonely moments at home, elderly Koji remembers his late wife Saki and the time they spent watching snowfall together in a park. Beyond age and even death, the connection between the two is vivid and all-consuming.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: grief
loneliness
memory
love
aging
Places: home
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	0
Horror	1
Humour	0
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Takeshi Kogahara
Written by: Takeshi Kogahara
Starring: Shin Furukawa, Tomoko Ikunishi, Natsuko Fuji
Cinematography: Ryo Ishida
Runtime: 20 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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