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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like Colorful, this animated coming-of-age drama confronts guilt, isolation, and the possibility of repair with unusual empathy, following a troubled teenager’s slow, emotionally honest return to other people.
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Why this pick
From Colorful director Keiichi Hara, this is a more fantastical but similarly compassionate adolescent journey, using vivid animation and a reluctant young heroine’s growth to find wonder beyond everyday hurt.
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Why this pick
It shares Colorful’s sensitivity to teenage pain and difficulty communicating, building toward emotional release through a gentle ensemble rather than melodramatic judgment.
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Why this pick
Its subdued seaside atmosphere and emotionally fragile heroine make it a strong fit for Colorful’s melancholy tenderness, gradually opening into a hopeful story of belonging and self-acceptance.
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Why this pick
Though set in wartime, its patient hand-drawn observation of ordinary life carries Colorful’s compassionate, restorative spirit and finds resilience in small daily connections.
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01 / THE STORY
Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is "lucky" and will have another chance at life though he does not want it. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Makoto Kobayashi, who has just committed suicide by an overdose of pills. Watched over by a neutral spirit named Purapura in the form of a little boy, the soul must figure out what his greatest sin and mistake in his former life was before his six-month time limit in Makoto's body runs out. He also has a number of other lesser duties he must complete, such as understanding what led Makoto to commit suicide in the first place and learning how to enjoy his second chance at life.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Makoto Kobayashi (voice)
Hiroka Kuwabara (voice)
Shoko Sano (voice)
Saotome (voice)
Mitsuru Kobayashi (voice)
Makoto's Mother (voice)
Makoto's Father (voice)
