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Petals and Memories

2025 · 119 min

A quiet, tender family drama that slowly tightens as old wounds surface, leaving a lingering ache.

Directed by
Tetsu Maeda
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ryohei Suzuki, Kasumi Arimura, Ouji Suzuka
Overview
With the promise made to their deceased father in his heart, the older brother, Toshiki, has continued to protect his younger sister, Fumiko. Now that Fumiko is getting married, the burden he carried should have finally been lifted, but a long-buried "secret" of Fumiko has resurfaced.

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Directed by
Tetsu Maeda
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ryohei Suzuki, Kasumi Arimura, Ouji Suzuka
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 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
  • family
  • grief
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • memory
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
北敬太
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
Hideo Yamamoto
Runtime
119 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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