Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (2020)

Original title

サイダーのように言葉が湧き上がる

Directed by

Kyōhei Ishiguro

Genre

teen film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 339 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A shy boy writes haiku to express himself and a girl covers her mouth with a mask because she is embarrassed by her braces. They meet at a shopping mall in rural Japan and begin a romance.

tendergentlewhimsicalwarmmelancholicquietslow-pacedheartfelt

What happens

Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (Japanese: サイダーのように言葉が湧き上がる, Hepburn: Saidā no Yō ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru) is a Japanese animated slice-of-life romantic comedy-drama film produced by Sublimation and Signal.MD and directed by Kyōhei Ishiguro. It premiered at the 2020 Shanghai International Film Festival. It was released to Japanese theaters on July 22, 2021, and on Netflix the same day internationally. Set in a rural part of Japan with a large shopping mall, the film follows two people who have trouble communicating with others. Yui "Cherry" Sakura is a shy boy who can only express himself well through his writing of haiku. Yuki, aka "Smile", covers her mouth with a mask to hide her braces that try to fix her buckteeth and is an online influencer. A fateful meeting at the mall starts a romance between them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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