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Closed Note

2007 · 138 min

A gentle, wistful romance that unfolds through a diary, inviting quiet reflection on love and loss.

Overview: Kae Horii moves into her new flat in an undisclosed area of Kyoto. While unpacking her belongings, she discovers a hidden compartment behind a inconspicuous mirror. In that compartment, Kae finds a notebook, that turns out to be a diary belonging to the previous tenant. Later that evening Kae starts to read the diary. The writer of the diary is Ibuki Mano, a young lady about to embark on her first year as an elementary school teacher. Ibuki is also in love with a man named Takashi, who may or may not hold similar feelings for Ibuki.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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: love
memory
grief
identity
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	8
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: Isao Yukisada
Written by: Isao Yukisada, Tomoko Yoshida, Chihiro Ito
Starring: Erika Sawajiri, Yusuke Iseya, Yuko Takeuchi, Yuka Itaya, Masaya Kikawada, Hiromi Nagasaku, Katsuo Nakamura, Saeko
Music: Yôko Kumagai, Hidehiko Urayama
Cinematography: Kôichi Nakayama
Runtime: 138 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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