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Procession

2026 · 18 min

A quiet, painful reckoning, like standing at a grave you avoided for decades and finally letting yourself speak.

Directed by: Bruce Tetsuya
Starring: Joyce Kinoshita Cole, Gregg Tsuchimoto, Audrey Furuya

Overview: June, a survivor of the Japanese American incarceration camps, takes her first pilgrimage for her 70th birthday, to confront all her demons, shame, and fear.

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Directed by: Bruce Tetsuya
Starring: Joyce Kinoshita Cole, Gregg Tsuchimoto, Audrey Furuya

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 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: memory
trauma
identity
healing
family
Places: countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	0
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Directed by: Bruce Tetsuya
Written by: Bruce Tetsuya
Starring: Joyce Kinoshita Cole, Gregg Tsuchimoto, Audrey Furuya, Teruaki Akai, Azumi Tsutsui
Runtime: 18 min
Languages: English, Japanese

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