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Sabakan

2022 · 96 min

A gentle, sunlit summer adventure that lingers with quiet nostalgia and the ache of fleeting boyhood friendship.

Directed by: Tomoki Kanazawa
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ichiro Banka, Konosuke Harada, Machiko Ono

Overview: Nagasaki in 1986. Young friends Hisada and Takemoto decide to go to Boomerang Island to "see the dolphins". The friendship between the two deepens as a result of this adventure.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Friendship, coming-of-age, memory, family
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Directed by: Tomoki Kanazawa
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ichiro Banka, Konosuke Harada, Machiko Ono

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
coming-of-age
memory
family
isolation
Places: small town
sea
countryside
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

Cast

Ichiro BankaTakaaki Hisada (young)
Konosuke HaradaKenji Takemoto (young)
Machiko OnoRyoko Hisada
Tsuyoshi KusanagiTakaaki Hisada
Pistol TakeharaHiroshige Hisada
Shihori KanjiyaMasayo Takemoto
Ryo IwamatsuUchida
Eri MurakawaYayoi
Momoko FukuchiAko
GorikenTakeo Ouchida
Rintaro HachimuraKanayama
Mizuki KayashimaYuka
Atsushi ShinoharaManabu Miyata
Yuki IzumisawaIchikawa

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Tomoki Kanazawa
Written by: Jun Hagimori, Tomoki Kanazawa
Starring: Ichiro Banka, Konosuke Harada, Machiko Ono, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Pistol Takehara, Shihori Kanjiya, Ryo Iwamatsu, Eri Murakawa
Music: Michiru Oshima
Cinematography: Yusuke Suga
Runtime: 96 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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