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Scarlet (2025)
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Original name: 果てしなきスカーレット
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After failing to avenge her father's murder, Princess Scarlet, wakes up in the "Land of the Dead." In this world filled with madness, if she does not achieve her revenge against her nemesis and reach the "No End Place," she will become "Void" and cease to exist. Can Scarlet find a way to live at the end of her endless journey?
Style:
dark, dark fantasy, mythical, psychological, mystical, bleak, surreal, intense, ambiguous ending, grim ...
Plot:
princess, revenge, female protagonist, death, quest, afterlife, soul, tragedy, purgatory, loss, limbo, metaphysics, haunting, underworld, survival, violence, obsession, isolation, existentialism, redemption, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, time travel, love, medieval ...
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Story:
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