Movie

Yomigaeri

2003 · 126 min

A quiet, tender meditation on loss and reunion, unfolding gently as a small town confronts impossible returns and old wounds.

Overview: When dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada is dispatched to uncover the “truth”.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, death, memory, family
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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
death
memory
family
love
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none