Night's Tightrope (2016)

Original title

少女

Directed by

Yukiko Mishima

Genre

drama, thriller

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two teenage girls form a bond over shared secrets and a pact to witness death. Their friendship draws them into troubling situations that test their trust and safety.

melancholicmysteriousslow-burnsomberintrospectiveatmospherictensepoignant

What happens

Night's Tightrope, known in Japan as Shōjo (少女), is a Japanese film directed by Yukiko Mishima, based on author Kanae Minato's novel of the same name. The theme song "Yami ni me o Koraseba" (闇に目を凝らせば) was written and performed specifically for the film by the rock band Glim Spanky at the request of Mishima. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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