Hold Me Back

2020 2h 13m JA

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6.4

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100%

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6.5

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 50🍅100%Rotten Tomatoes★6.5IMDB · 757

ComedyRomanceDrama

Synopsis

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Mitsuko Kuroda is 31 years old and single. She enjoys her life as a single woman. A big reason why she enjoys her single life is that she has counsellor "A" in her mind, which is her other self. Whenever she does not know what to do, "A" gives her the right answers. She believes her happy and peaceful single life with "A" will continue, but she falls in love with Tada-kun. He is a salesperson and younger than her.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

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Mitsuko Kuroda
Kento Hayashi
Tada
Asami Usuda
Nozomi
Takuya Wakabayashi
Carter
Hairi Katagiri
Sawada
Ai Hashimoto
Satsuki
Tomoya Nakamura
A (voice)
Yuumi Goto

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Akiko Ohku
Writers: Akiko Ohku
Languages: Italian, Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, Japanese.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Akiko Ohku, shot by Natsuyo Nakamura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

CAST

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Non and Kento Hayashi and Asami Usuda carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt13332890 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 50 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Akiko Ohku directs. Natsuyo Nakamura behind the camera. Hiroyuki Yoneda cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Italian, Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 6 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, Japanese.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Akiko Ohku, shot by Natsuyo Nakamura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Hiroyuki Yoneda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Non and Kento Hayashi and Asami Usuda carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt13332890 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 50 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.