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Sway

2006 · 120 min

A slow, quietly tense drama that keeps you uneasy as family tensions and uncertain memories blur what really happened.

Directed by
Miwa Nishikawa
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Joe Odagiri, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yoko Maki
Overview
A psychologically thrilling portrait of the severe dysfunction behind a family clinging to decorum and pride.

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Directed by
Miwa Nishikawa
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Joe Odagiri, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yoko Maki
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 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
  • family
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
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
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
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Written by
Miwa Nishikawa
Starring
Joe Odagiri, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yoko Maki, Hirofumi Arai, Masatô Ibu, Keizo Kanie, Yuichi Kimura, Tomorowo Taguchi
Cinematography
Hiroshi Takase
Runtime
120 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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