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Harmony
Thriller · Animation · Science Fiction · 2015
Set in a future world. Japan has created a great medical technology that controls ethics, health, and social interaction to create a perfect world. Three young girls attempt to stand up to this by committing suicide, but it doesn't work. Years later, Tuan, one of the girls who attempted suicide must prevent a crisis that threatens this "perfect" world.
Movie details
Harmony
“This is the way the world ends...”
2015 Thriller · Animation · Science Fiction 1h 59m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
Set in a future world. Japan has created a great medical technology that controls ethics, health, and social interaction to create a perfect world. Three young girls attempt to stand up to this by committing suicide, but it doesn't work. Years later, Tuan, one of the girls who attempted suicide must prevent a crisis that threatens this "perfect" world.
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 Harmony?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Michael Arias · Takashi Nakamura
Written by
Koji Yamamoto
Miyuki Sawashiro
Tuan Kirie (voice)
Reina Ueda
Miach Mihie (voice)
Aya Suzaki
Cian Reikado (voice)
Yoshiko Sakakibara
Os Cara Stauffenberg (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Elijah Vashlov (voice)
Cho
Keita Saeki (voice)
Junpei Morita
Nuaza Kirie (voice)
Court is in session
Put Harmony on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.