Pure Japanese
Taste attributes: actiondramaheavylineargrittycomplex relationshipself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeA heavy action film, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
7.6 /10
TMDB · 25 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
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Synopsis
Action actor Tateishi Daisuke who struggles with loneliness after suffering a traumatic experience due to an accident during filming. One day, he comes across a senior high school girl Ayumi who is being harassed consistently by Chinese brokers and the local yakuza. He decides to protect her from them. However, after this incident, he comes to develop a mindset of seeing violence as a way to gain the affirmation and approval of others thus gradually loses himself and behaves in an extreme manner.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 2022
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Status
- Released
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
