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ROUTINE

2021 · 21 min

A quiet, gentle short that finds small joy in repetitive work, watching two odd coworkers slowly build a rhythm together.

Overview
A young man appears at the workplace of Mito, a lame cleaner. He is a strange man who juggles all the time in silence, but he finds that he can use his talents for cleaning work as well. A new rhythm is born in the daily labour of routine.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • friendship
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Directed by
Takuya Miyahara
Starring
Nanami Sasaki, Kiichi Ishikawa, Daisuke Tamaru, Uno Tomo, Hachiro
Cinematography
Ame
Runtime
21 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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