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JAPAN · 1993

Haruka, Nostalgia

Nobuhiko Obayashi
Japanese New Wave identity and duality nostalgia and memory hometown return childhood vs adulthood mysterious encounters
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Synopsis

Ayase Shinsuke, a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up in. He meets a strange boy who calls himself by the author's real name.

Year1993
CountryJapan
DirectorNobuhiko Obayashi
MovementJapanese New Wave
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