Close Range Love

Close Range Love

Directed by Naoto Kumazawa

Produced by TOHO, D.N. Dream Partners

2014118 min7.5 / 10

A romance centered on an ethically fraught teacher-student relationship that explores intimacy and connection amid power imbalance and social transgression.

A smart high school student falls in love with her English teacher after she receives one-on-one tutoring from him.

Questions people ask

  • Is Close Range Love violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Close Range Love scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Close Range Love easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

  • Is Close Range Love sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Close Range Love end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

85/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity72

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise97

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love88

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Close Range Love

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Close Range Love

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Close Range Love, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Close Range Love, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Close Range Love, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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