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Yudo

2023 · 127 min

A gentle, funny story about two brothers and a bathhouse full of neighbours who slowly warm them both up.

Directed by: Masayuki Suzuki
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Toma Ikuta, Gaku Hamada, Kanna Hashimoto

Overview: Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other—a struggling architect—as lucrative real estate for condos. Their eclectic collection of townsfolk customers show them the value of the bath goes way beyond a scrub and soak.

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Directed by: Masayuki Suzuki
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Toma Ikuta, Gaku Hamada, Kanna Hashimoto

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
healing
found family
identity
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Masayuki Suzuki
Written by: Kundo Koyama
Starring: Toma Ikuta, Gaku Hamada, Kanna Hashimoto, Keiko Toda, Susumu Terajima, Fumiyo Kohinata, Masataka Kubota, Kotaro Yoshida
Music: Naoki Sato
Runtime: 127 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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