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The House of the Lost on the Cape

2021 · 105 min

A gentle, healing watch that blends everyday warmth with a touch of eerie fantasy, carrying quiet weight from past trauma.

Directed by: Shinya Kawatsura
Genres: Animation, Drama, Family
Starring: Mana Ashida, Sari Awano, Shinobu Otake

Overview: A strange old woman allows a teenage runaway and a young orphan to stay in an abandoned house that overlooks the sea. However, when a menacing entity threatens their new home, they must band together and face their fears to save it.

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Directed by: Shinya Kawatsura
Genres: Animation, Drama, Family
Starring: Mana Ashida, Sari Awano, Shinobu Otake

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 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: found family
trauma
healing
grief
survival
Places: countryside
home
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: animation, drama, family, fantasy
Directed by: Shinya Kawatsura
Written by: Reiko Yoshida
Starring: Mana Ashida, Sari Awano, Shinobu Otake, Miyuki Ichijou, Nanako Mori, Etsuo Yokobori, Kiku Miyake, Masashi Ehara
Music: Yuri Miyauchi
Cinematography: Naotaka Watanabe
Runtime: 105 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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