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One Second Ahead, One Second Behind

2023 · 120 min

A gentle, offbeat Kyoto romance about mismatched timing, mixing warmth and quiet melancholy with light comic touches.

Directed by
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Masaki Okada, Kaya Kiyohara, Rion Fukumuro
Overview
Set in Kyoto, Japan, a love story takes place between Hajime and Reika. Hajime is a handsome young man, who is usually a second quicker than everyone else and straightforward. He works at the post office. Reika is a young woman, who is usually a step slower than everyone else. After Valentine's Day, Hajime wakes up and is unable to remember what happened that day.

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Directed by
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Masaki Okada, Kaya Kiyohara, Rion Fukumuro
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • memory
  • identity
  • fate
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
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
Humour5
Realism7
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
romance, comedy, drama
Directed by
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Written by
Kankuro Kudo
Starring
Masaki Okada, Kaya Kiyohara, Rion Fukumuro, Shohei Shofukutei, Matsumoto Kiyo, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Masaya Katō, Takaya Yamauchi
Music
Shingo Sekiguchi
Runtime
120 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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