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I Are You, You Am Me
JAPAN · 1982

I Are You, You Am Me

Nobuhiko Obayashi
body swap coming-of-age gender roles teenage identity supernatural fantasy
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Synopsis

9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.

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