Earthquake Bird

Earthquake Bird

2019 · 107 min · EN · R · 5.9 (399 votes)
Dir. Wash Westmoreland · Starring Alicia Vikander, Riley Keough, Naoki Kobayashi, Kiki Sukezane, Yoshiko Sakuma, Ken Yamamura · Music Atticus Ross

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Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.

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A slow-burn mystery steeped in 1980s Tokyo. It feels like a hazy, unsettling dream, full of unspoken desires and lingering trauma. The atmosphere is thick with a sense of unease and romantic melancholy.

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