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The Parades

2024 · 132 min

A quiet, tender journey through grief and unfinished goodbyes, moving slowly but leaving a lasting ache.

Tagline
The parade of love goes on.
Overview
A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spirits.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • death
  • family
  • memory
  • healing
Places
  • fantasy world
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism4
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, fantasy
Directed by
Michihito Fujii
Written by
Michihito Fujii
Starring
Masami Nagasawa, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Ryusei Yokohama, Nana Mori, Tetsushi Tanaka, Shinobu Terajima, Lily Franky, Akari Takaishi
Music
Yojiro Noda
Cinematography
Keisuke Imamura
Runtime
132 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese, English

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