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Summer Time Machine Blues

2005 · 107 min

A breezy, playful time-travel romp that feels like hanging out with a quirky club on a hot summer day.

Directed by: Katsuyuki Motohiro
Genres: Comedy, Science fiction
Starring: Eita Nagayama, Juri Ueno, Yoshiaki Yoza

Tagline: Back to yesterday!
Overview: The members of a sci-fi club accidentally spill Coke on the remote controller of an air-conditioner during summer and suddenly a time machine appears in their sweating bath-like clubroom.

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Directed by: Katsuyuki Motohiro
Genres: Comedy, Science fiction
Starring: Eita Nagayama, Juri Ueno, Yoshiaki Yoza

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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
identity
fate
love
coming-of-age
Places: school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	8
Realism	4
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	1
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	3

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