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Hand

2022 · 99 min

A quiet, intimate character study that drifts between tenderness and unease, asking patience as it observes a young woman's guarded inner life.

Directed by: Daigo Matsui
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Akari Fukunaga, Daichi Kaneko, Natsuko Obuchi

Overview: Sawako enjoys taking photos of older men and making scrapbooks with them. Although the men she has dated have always been older than her, she has been unable to speak well with her father and they have grown apart.

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Directed by: Daigo Matsui
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Akari Fukunaga, Daichi Kaneko, Natsuko Obuchi

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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: identity
isolation
family
sexuality
memory
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex strong

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Daigo Matsui
Written by: Sorami Date
Starring: Akari Fukunaga, Daichi Kaneko, Natsuko Obuchi, Akio Kaneda, Kanji Tsuda, Kentaro Tamura, Sanae Miyata, Ichiro Mikami
Cinematography: Fūta Takagi
Runtime: 99 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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