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Heart, Beating in the Dark (2005)
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Original name: 闇打つ心臓
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
This new version of Nagasaki's Yami utsu shinzô (1982) is neither a remake nor a sequel. It is both those things, and at the same time it is also a documentary, a portrait of the consequences of passing time, and an occasionally very funny reflection on what the hell the point is of all this filmmaking business anyway. Shigeru Muroi and Takashi Naito, back then young hopefuls willing to take chances, now among the most established and recognisable actors in Japan, return to play the roles they assumed in the 1982 film, each of their characters having gone their own way. Alongside, another young couple (Honda and the ever-brilliant Eguchi) find themselves in the exact same situation as their older counterparts 25 years earlier. Their paths cross, an opportunity arises: for the elder two to redeem part of their own lives, for the younger couple to find a helping hand in their darkest hour.
Style:
captivating, contemplative, reflective, meta, melancholic, art house, existential, dark comedy
Plot:
relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, loss of child, ex couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, couples, family problems, ex wife, husband wife relationship, ex husband, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, loss of son, child murder, marital problem, confronting the past, couple relations, nostalgia, character study, memory, young couple, redemption, regret, bittersweet ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, melancholic and emotional films with plots about male female relationship, relationships, bittersweet, intimate, relationship problems, nostalgia and regret mostly in Drama, Romance and Action genres. Some movies like Heart, Beating in the Dark: Gyeongju (2014), The Habit of Beauty (2016), DAU. Three Days (2020), One Last Thing (2018), Brampton's Own (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Story:
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