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Komada – A Whisky Family

2023 · 91 min

A gentle, heartfelt story about family and craft, with a quiet warmth and a touch of melancholy.

Genres
Animation, Drama, Family
Overview
Kotaro visits Komada Distillery for a project on Japanese craft whisky. Led by young female president Rui, who took over the family business, the distillery works hard to reproduce its signature whisky, Koma, which they had to stop making years ago. However, not to mention financial backing, too many clues are missing to revive the once lost whisky.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • work
  • ambition
  • grief
  • identity
Places
  • workplace
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
animation, drama, family
Directed by
Masayuki Yoshihara
Written by
Muneo Nakamoto, Yukito Kizawa
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
91 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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