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Egoist

2023 · 120 min

A quiet, tender romance that slowly reveals its emotional depths, leaving a lingering ache.

Directed by: Daishi Matsunaga
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Ryohei Suzuki, Hio Miyazawa, Sawako Agawa

Overview: A lonely magazine editor finds romance with his personal trainer until a confession changes everything. Based on the novel by Makoto Takayama.

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Directed by: Daishi Matsunaga
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Ryohei Suzuki, Hio Miyazawa, Sawako Agawa

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
identity
isolation
sexuality
class
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	7
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Daishi Matsunaga
Written by: Kyoko Inukai, Daishi Matsunaga
Starring: Ryohei Suzuki, Hio Miyazawa, Sawako Agawa, Yuko Nakamura, Iori Wada, Durian Lollobrigida, Akira Emoto
Music: Hiroko Sebu
Cinematography: Naoya Ikeda
Runtime: 120 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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