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Vermilion

2023 · 81 min

A quiet, emotionally charged drama where past love and present duty collide, leaving a lingering sense of longing and unease.

Genres
Drama, Mystery
Overview
The daughter of a wealthy family, Ayano, was living a masked couple life with her husband, who was forced to marry. She cannot forget her love affair with Akemi, whom she loved during her school days. The two have been estranged since Ayano's marriage, but Akemi suddenly appears as her father's remarriage partner.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • love
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • family
  • obsession
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, mystery
Directed by
Daisuke Yamanouchi
Written by
Daisuke Yamanouchi
Starring
Ayaka Yamagishi, Natsumi Tadano, Waka Misono, Nmi Toyooka, Hirokio Andô, Setsuhiko Kobayashi, Morimasa, Eri Kato
Cinematography
Masato Nakao
Runtime
81 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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