Flavors of Youth (2018)

Original title

肆式青春

Directed by

Yi Zhenxing

Genre

drama film, slice of life

Country

People's Republic of China, Japan

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 589 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is an anthology of three short stories set in different Chinese cities. Each story follows a young person reflecting on their past through food, family, or fashion. The episodes explore memories of childhood, first love, and changing relationships with home.

nostalgicgentlebittersweetcontemplativeslice-of-lifeslow-pacedintimatewistfulgrounded

What happens

Flavors of Youth (Japanese: 詩季織々, romanized: shikioriori, lit. "From Season to Season"; Chinese: 肆式青春; pinyin: sì shì qīng chūn, Cantonese Jyutping: sei³ sik¹ cing¹ ceon¹, Shanghainese Wugniu: sy⁵ seq⁷ chin¹ tshen¹, lit. "Necessities of Life in Youth") is a 2018 anime/donghua anthology drama film directed by Li Haoling, Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing and Yoshitaka Takeuchi and produced by Noritaka Kawaguchi. A Japanese-Chinese co-production between CoMix Wave Films and Haoliners Animation League, it was released in Japan and in China on August 4, 2018, and globally on the same day by StudioCanal and Netflix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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