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April, Come She Will

2024 · 108 min

A quiet, wistful romantic drama that slowly unravels a mystery of lost love, asking for patient attention.

Directed by
Tomokazu Yamada
Genres
Drama, Romance, Mystery
Starring
Takeru Satoh, Masami Nagasawa, Nana Mori
Overview
Shun Fujishiro is a psychiatrist and works at a university hospital in Tokyo. He is engaged to Yayoi Sakamoto. One day in April, when he is about to marry Yayoi Sakamoto, he receives a letter from his first love Haru Iyoda. They dated 10 years ago. Suddenly, his fiancé Yayoi Sakamoto disappears.

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Directed by
Tomokazu Yamada
Genres
Drama, Romance, Mystery
Starring
Takeru Satoh, Masami Nagasawa, Nana Mori
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 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
  • mystery
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, mystery
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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