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Haw

2022 · 118 min

A quiet, gentle story about a lonely man slowly opening up through caring for an abandoned dog.

Overview
Tamio Akanishi works at a public office in Yokohama. He is going through one of the worst periods of his life, having been left by his fiancée. One day, his boss tells him to take care of a big, white dog, abandoned by its previous owner. Tamio begins to live with the dog, who doesn't bark and only makes a sound that sounds like "haw", and thus he names it Haw. While living together, the connection between the two deepens.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • healing
    • loneliness
    • friendship
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension1
    Darkness3
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Isshin Inudo
    Written by
    Hiroshi Saito, Isshin Inudo
    Starring
    Kei Tanaka, Elaiza Ikeda, Toru Nomaguchi, Makiko Watanabe, Serena Motola, Mai Fukagawa, Nobuko Miyamoto, Renji Ishibashi
    Runtime
    118 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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