Aristocrats

Aristocrats

2021 · 124 min · JA · 7.2 (32 votes)
Dir. Yukiko Sode · Starring Mugi Kadowaki, Kiko Mizuhara, Kengo Kora, Shizuka Ishibashi, Rio Yamashita, Yukiko Shinohara · Music Takuma Watanabe

Different worlds under the same sky.

Drama

Hanako Haibara was born and raised in the city of Tokyo. After she gets dumped by her boyfriend, while in her late 20's, she goes on blind dates to find a man to marry. Miki Tokioka was born in a province. She studied very hard and entered a prestigious university in Tokyo. She experienced difficult financial times, but she now works at an IT company. Due to a man, Hanako Haibara and Miki Tokioka meet each other.

VIBE

A quiet, contemplative drama exploring the subtle pressures and quiet desires of two women navigating life and love in modern Japan. It feels like a gentle, observational study of everyday existence, tinged with a subtle melancholy.

melancholicintrospectivereservedpoignantslow-burnslice-of-lifecharacter studynaturalisticarthouseidentitysocietal expectationsloveclass
japannobilitywoman director
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