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BL Metamorphosis

2022 · 118 min

A gentle, quietly joyful watch about two lonely people finding unexpected companionship, leaving you with a soft, hopeful glow.

Directed by: Shunsuke Kariyama
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Mana Ashida, Kotone Furukawa

Tagline: A 17-year-old schoolgirl and a 75-year-old woman. They are connected by "boys' love" (BL).
Overview: An introverted bookstore employee and a widow living in isolation develop a cross-generational friendship through their shared love of BL manga.

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Directed by: Shunsuke Kariyama
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Mana Ashida, Kotone Furukawa

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
isolation
aging
identity
found family
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	0
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Shunsuke Kariyama
Written by: Kaori Tsurutani, Yoshikazu Okada
Starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Mana Ashida, Kotone Furukawa, Tomoko Ikuta, Taeko Ito, Asumi Kikuchi, Ken Mitsuishi, Yuki Shioya
Music: T-Junctions
Cinematography: Yasuo Tani
Runtime: 118 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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