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Hana & Alice

2004 · 135 min

A gentle, meandering teen story that feels like a hazy memory, balancing sweet comedy with quiet emotional moments.

Directed by
Shunji Iwai
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Starring
Anne Suzuki, Yu Aoi, Tomohiro Kaku
Tagline
Best friends and boyfriends, which one will you choose?
Overview
Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.

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Directed by
Shunji Iwai
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Starring
Anne Suzuki, Yu Aoi, Tomohiro Kaku
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • identity
  • deception
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, comedy, romance
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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