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The Friend
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Natsume's Book of Friends
Carries a strong pull into books through migration and folklore.
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Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Carries a strong pull into books through folklore and identity.
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Murder on the High Cs
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Alpha & Omega / Beware the Friendly Stranger
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Makanai
2020s
A girl cooks for geisha trainees in Kyoto. Food, friendship, and gentle routine.
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Alpha & Omega / Beware the Friendly Stranger
2000s
Geogaddi
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Natsume's Book of Friends
2000s
Blessed with eyes that are able to perceive the otherwise invisible youkai, Takashi Natsume hides his ability from his newfound family and friends to protect everyone's peaceful daily life. Nonetheless, Natsume never fails to show the same kindness to the benevolent youkai and happily returns their names by using th...
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The American Friend
1970s
The American Friend is a 1977 film from Germany and France, associated with Wim Wenders. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.
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Television 2020s
It's a Sin
It's a Sin is a British drama television series written by Russell T Davies. Set in London between 1981 and 1991, it depicts the lives of a group of gay men and their friends during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the United Kingdom. It's a Sin features a main cast consisting of Olly Alexander, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Ho...
Books 2010s
The Marriage Plot
The story concerns three college friends from Brown University—Madeleine, Leonard, and Mitchell—beginning in their senior year, 1982, and follows them during their first year post-graduation.
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Music 2000s
世良譲と仲間たち Yuzuru Sera and The Best Friends-エブリシング・ハプンス・トゥ・ミー
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Anime 2010s
Ping Pong the Animation
Table tennis as existential drama. Friendship, talent, and the meaning of competition.
Film 1980s
Where is the Friend's Home?
Where is the Friend's Home? is a 1987 film from Iran, associated with Abbas Kiarostami. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.
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Books 2000s
The Kite Runner
Two boys in Kabul before and after the Soviet invasion. Guilt, friendship, and Afghanistan's wounds.