Still Walking (2008) poster
2008 · drama

Still Walking

Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda1h 54m2008
ElsewhereIMDb7.920kRT100%Metacritic89TMDB7.8448
  • slow-burn
  • signature
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Neutral, slow-burn, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

Our read · Still Walking (2008) reads as a neutral, slow-burn, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want quiet family grief over one day, cooked with Ozu-like patience.

ends bittersweetit stays with youmeditativegrips by minute 15attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if slow domestic Japanese drama without plot fireworks bores you.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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