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Hanging Garden (2005)

Hanging Garden poster
Original title
空中庭園
Directed by
Toshiaki Toyoda
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 54m
Rated
15
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The Kyobashi family lives by a rule that they must always answer each other directly and honestly. This forced openness begins to reveal hidden tensions and shallow connections beneath their seemingly normal household.

quiettenseunsettlingslow-burndomesticcontemplativeeerieemotionally restrained

What happens

Hanging Garden (Japanese: 空中庭園, Hepburn: Kūchū Teien) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Toshiaki Toyoda, based on a novel of the same name by Mitsuyo Kakuta. The film is a family drama concerning the Kyobashis, whose house rule is to not keep secrets from each other when asked a question directly. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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