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Stormy Night

2005 · 107 min

A tender, bittersweet fable about unlikely friendship that balances peril with warmth and ends on a note of quiet wonder.

Directed by
Gisaburō Sugii
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Drama
Starring
Shidou Nakamura, Hiroki Narimiya, Riki Takeuchi
Tagline
Born enemies… sworn friends.
Overview
After hiding together in an abandoned barn one stormy night, wolf Gabu and goat Mei pledge to be secret friends, despite being natural enemies. They must overcome hardship and persecution in hopes of finding another forest where they can be together in peace.

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Directed by
Gisaburō Sugii
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Drama
Starring
Shidou Nakamura, Hiroki Narimiya, Riki Takeuchi
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 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
  • friendship
  • identity
  • isolation
  • loyalty
  • survival
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour3
Realism3
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
adventure, animation, drama, romance
Directed by
Gisaburō Sugii
Written by
Yuichi Kimura, Gisaburō Sugii
Starring
Shidou Nakamura, Hiroki Narimiya, Riki Takeuchi, Koichi Yamadera, Hayashiya Shōzō IX, Eiji Bandō, Tetsuya Yanagihara, Yoshiyuki Hirai
Cinematography
Yoichiro Sato
Runtime
107 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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