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No Longer Heroine

No Longer Heroine

Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2015

Hatori Matsuzaki is a female high school student. She has a crush on her childhood friend Rita Terasaka and believes he will eventually choose her as her heroine, but Rita Terasaka begins dating Miho Adachi. Meanwhile, the most popular male student, Kosuke Hiromitsu takes an interest in Hatori Matsuzaki.

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No Longer Heroine

2015 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 52m

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6.6 / 10

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Hatori Matsuzaki is a female high school student. She has a crush on her childhood friend Rita Terasaka and believes he will eventually choose her as her heroine, but Rita Terasaka begins dating Miho Adachi. Meanwhile, the most popular male student, Kosuke Hiromitsu takes an interest in Hatori Matsuzaki.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Tsutomu Hanabusa

Written by

Erika Yoshida

Mirei Kiritani

Mirei Kiritani

Hatori Matsuzaki

Kento Yamazaki

Kento Yamazaki

Rita Terasaka

Kentaro Sakaguchi

Kentaro Sakaguchi

Kosuke Hiromitsu

Ayano Fukuda

Ayano Fukuda

Kyoko Nakajima

Miwako Wagatsuma

Miwako Wagatsuma

Miho Adachi

Maryjun Takahashi

Maryjun Takahashi

Emi

Akira Nakao

Akira Nakao

Akira Nakao

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Put No Longer Heroine 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.