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Hana & Alice

Hana & Alice

Drama · Comedy · Romance · 2004

Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.

Movie details

Hana & Alice

“Best friends and boyfriends, which one will you choose?”

2004 Drama · Comedy · Romance 2h 15m

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TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Shunji Iwai

Written by

Shunji Iwai

Anne Suzuki

Anne Suzuki

Hana Arai

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)

Tomohiro Kaku

Tomohiro Kaku

Masashi Miyamoto

Shoko Aida

Shoko Aida

Kayo Arisugawa

Hiroshi Abe

Hiroshi Abe

Alice's Mother's Companion

Sei Hiraizumi

Sei Hiraizumi

Alice's Father

Tae Kimura

Tae Kimura

Ballet Teacher

Court is in session

Put Hana & Alice on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.