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Dear Friends

2007 · 115 min

A raw, tearful plunge into illness and self-destruction that slowly warms into a fragile story of connection.

Genres
Drama
Tagline
Are friends necessary?
Overview
Rina is the it girl. She is thin, has long hair, is flaunting and dresses attractively. Every man wants to be with her and every woman wants to be like her. She also happens to be self-absorbed, mean and nasty.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • death
  • isolation
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Kazuyuki Morosawa
Written by
Kazuyuki Morosawa, Uiko Miura
Starring
Keiko Kitagawa, Yuika Motokariya, Masaya Kikawada, Airi Toriyama, Mao Sasaki, Hatsune Matsushima, Ren Osugi, Yoshiko Miyazaki
Music
Ikuro Fujiwara
Cinematography
Shogo Ueno
Runtime
115 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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