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A Pale View of Hills

2025 · 123 min

A quiet, mournful drift through half-remembered places, asking you to hold two lives at once and doubt what you are told.

Directed by
Kei Ishikawa
Genres
Drama, History
Overview
Dual timelines explore a Japanese widow's memories spanning post-war Nagasaki in 1950s and England during 1980s Cold War era, unraveling secrets that intertwine her past and present experiences across borders.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Memory, grief, identity, isolation
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Directed by
Kei Ishikawa
Genres
Drama, History
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, history
    Directed by
    Kei Ishikawa
    Written by
    Kei Ishikawa
    Starring
    Suzu Hirose, Fumi Nikaido, Yoh Yoshida, Camilla Aiko, Kouhei Matsushita, Tomokazu Miura, Rie Shibata, Daichi Watanabe
    Music
    Paweł Mykietyn
    Cinematography
    Piotr Niemyjski
    Runtime
    123 min
    Country
    Japan, United Kingdom, Poland, Singapore
    Languages
    English, Japanese

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