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Phases of the Moon

2022 · 128 min

A quiet, sorrowful story about loss and love that unfolds gently, asking you to sit with its sadness and its small moments of warmth.

Overview
Osanai Kei enjoys a peaceful and happy life with his wife Osanai Kozue and daughter Osanai Ruri, but his wife and daughter die in an accident. Osanai Kei's life suddenly changes. One day, a man named Misumi Akihiko visits Osanai Kei. Misumi Akihiko tells him that on the day Osanai Kozue and Osanai Ruri died, Osanai Ruri, who was a complete stranger to him, was coming to see him. Misumi Akihiko tells him about a woman named Masaki Ruri, who he once loved. These people, who don't seem related, connect under the name of love.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • love
  • memory
  • fate
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, fantasy, romance
Directed by
Ryuichi Hiroki
Written by
Hiroshi Hashimoto
Starring
Yo Oizumi, Kasumi Arimura, Ren Meguro, Ko Shibasaki, Sairi Ito, Kei Tanaka, Kanichiro, Kazuki Namioka
Music
Fukushige Mari
Cinematography
Noriyuki Mizuguchi
Runtime
128 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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