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Worlds Apart

2024 · 139 min

A quiet, tender drama about two grieving people learning to share a home, moving slowly toward warmth and connection.

Overview
Makio Kōdai is a shy 35-year-old woman. She works as a novelist. One day, her sibling and her sibling's married partner die in a car accident. Makio Kōdai attends their funeral and meets her 15-year-old niece Asa Takumi, who is now left alone due to her parents’ death. The other relatives at the funeral speak insensitive words around Asa Takumi. Makio Kōdai gets furious at them and decides to take in her niece. Makio Kōdai, who has problems having relationships with other people, and Asa Takumi now begin to live together.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • found family
    • coming-of-age
    • isolation
    • family
    Places
    • home
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Natsuki Seta
    Written by
    Natsuki Seta
    Starring
    Yui Aragaki, Hayase Ikoi, Koji Seto, Kaho, Rina Komiyama, Gin Pun Chou, Yuko Nakamura, Himena Irei
    Music
    Masakatsu Takagi
    Cinematography
    Hidetoshi Shinomiya
    Runtime
    139 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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