The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black
- Original title
- つるばみ色のなぎ子たち
- Directed by
- Sunao Katabuchi
- Genre
- animation, drama, history
- Country
- Japan
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In 10th century Kyoto during a plague epidemic, a group of children struggle to survive amid mass death and abandonment. The film follows their daily lives in a city overwhelmed by disease and social collapse.
bleaksomberhistoricalvisually starkslowmelancholicatmosphericsolemnmeditative
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