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Oboreru Knife (2016)

Oboreru Knife poster
Original title
溺れるナイフ
Directed by
Yūki Yamato
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 51m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 84 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl moves to a coastal town and becomes entangled in a intense and dangerous relationship with a local boy. Their connection pulls them toward a tragic fate.

teenageintensebittersweetatmosphericslow-burnyearningmelancholicvisceral

What happens

Drowning Love (溺れるナイフ, Oboreru Knife) is a 2016 Japanese film directed by Yūki Yamato and based on George Asakura‘a manga series of the same name. It stars Nana Komatsu, Masaki Suda, Daiki Shigeoka, and Mone Kamishiraishi. It was released in Japan by Gaga Corporation on November 5, 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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