Blonde (2025)

Original title

金髪

Directed by

Yûichirô Sakashita

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

G

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A junior high school teacher tries to act like he knows everything and ignores problems to make life easier. The film follows his attempts to pretend to be a grown-up.

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What happens

Blonde (金髪, Kinpatsu/Kimpatsu) is a 2025 Japanese drama film written and directed by Sakashita Yuichiro. Starting Takanori Iwata, Tamaki Shiratori and Mugi Kadowaki, the film follows junior high school teacher Ichikawa, who tries to act like he knows everything, ignores problems, and pretends to be a grown-up, believing that would make life easier. The film had its World Premiere at the 38th Tokyo International Film Festival on October 28, 2025 in International competition, where it won The Audience Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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