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Odayaka (2012)

Odayaka poster
Original title
おだやかな日常
Directed by
Nobuteru Uchida
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two housewives deal with fear and anxiety after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The film explores how the disaster reveals underlying tensions in their daily lives, including bullying among adults and family discord.

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What happens

『おだやかな日常』(おだやかなにちじょう)は、2012年制作の日本・アメリカ合衆国の映画。 福島第一原子力発電所事故をモチーフに描いた問題作。放射性物質の恐怖に怯える2人の主婦の姿を通して、大人のいじめや家庭の不和など、震災を機に浮き彫りになった日常に潜む問題に重点が置かれて描かれている。 主演の杉野希妃は製作も兼任している。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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