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Solanin

2010 · 126 min

A quiet, gentle drift through young adult uncertainty, carrying a soft ache of missed chances and small hopes.

Overview
Meiko and Taneda are a couple graduated from university two years ago. Unhappy with their lives, Meiko quits her job and encourages Taneda to have his band become professional.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • love
  • ambition
  • music
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, music, romance
Directed by
Takahiro Miki
Written by
Izumi Takahashi
Starring
Aoi Miyazaki, Kengo Kora, Kenta Kiritani, Ayumi Ito, Arata Iura, Yoichi Kondo, Kento Nagayama, Sayuri Iwata
Cinematography
Ryuto Kondo
Runtime
126 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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