Harmony

"This is the way the world ends..."

2015 1h 59m JA

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 103

ThrillerAnimationScience Fiction

Synopsis

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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.

“This is the way the world ends...”

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Cast

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)
Akeno Watanabe
Gabrielle Étaín (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Arias
Writers: Takashi Nakamura, Koji Yamamoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Project Itoh Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yoshihiro Ike. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kengo Shigemura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Miyuki Sawashiro and Reina Ueda and Aya Suzaki carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "This is the way the world ends...".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3615204 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Arias directs. Yoshihiro Ike scores. Kengo Shigemura cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 11 years ago.
2Part of the "Project Itoh Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Original score by Yoshihiro Ike. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Kengo Shigemura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Miyuki Sawashiro and Reina Ueda and Aya Suzaki carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "This is the way the world ends...".
7IMDB entry: tt3615204 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 15 themes, including "suicide", "based on novel or book", "immortality", "philosophy".