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A Gentle Breeze in the Village

A Gentle Breeze in the Village

Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2007

Soyo, a student in a school with only six students, develops feelings for the new student, Hiromi, who has moved from Tokyo.

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A Gentle Breeze in the Village

2007 Comedy · Drama · Romance 2h 1m

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7.0 / 10

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Soyo, a student in a school with only six students, develops feelings for the new student, Hiromi, who has moved from Tokyo.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Nobuhiro Yamashita

Written by

Aya Watanabe

Kaho

Kaho

Soyo Migita

Masaki Okada

Masaki Okada

Hiromi Osawa

Elisa Yanagi

Elisa Yanagi

Ibuki Taura

Shoko Fujimura

Shoko Fujimura

Atsuko Yamabe

Yui Natsukawa

Yui Natsukawa

Itoko Migita

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

Kazumasa Migita

Satoru Saito

Satoru Saito

Atsuko's Father

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Put A Gentle Breeze in the Village 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.