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Nana

Nana

Romance · Drama · Music · 2005

Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Despite their differences, the pair hit it off and become roommates.

Movie details

Nana

2005 Romance · Drama · Music 1h 53m

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Despite their differences, the pair hit it off and become roommates.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Nana?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Kentaro Otani

Written by

Kentaro Otani

Mika Nakashima

Mika Nakashima

Nana Osaki

Aoi Miyazaki

Aoi Miyazaki

Nana Komatsu (Hachi)

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama

Shinichi Okazaki

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ren Honjou

Tetsuji Tamayama

Tetsuji Tamayama

Takumi Ichinose

Tomomi Maruyama

Tomomi Maruyama

Yasushi Takagi

Saeko

Saeko

Sachiko Kawamura

Court is in session

Put Nana 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.