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My Sister Is a Female Teacher

2000 · 97 min

A quiet, sombre drama that lingers on grief and forbidden intimacy, asking patience and offering little relief.

Overview
High school teacher Miyoko and her younger brother Seiichi are living together. However, with the death of their mother, both sister and younger brother came to love each other as a man and a woman.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • love
    • family
    • isolation
    Places
    • home
    • school
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance7
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    romance, drama
    Directed by
    Nakahara Shun
    Written by
    Keisuke Toyoshima
    Starring
    Mirei Asaoka, Makoto Kakeda
    Runtime
    97 min
    Languages
    Japanese

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