Flying Colors

Flying Colors

Miracles can happen to you!

Directed by Nobuhiro Doi

Produced by TOHO

2015117 min7.6 / 10

An uplifting true-story drama about a struggling high school girl's transformative academic journey, built on warmth, determination, and the belief that personal change is possible.

A high school girl, Sayaka Kudō was the bottom of the class. After a year, she improved her deviation value from 30 to 70, then passed Keio University that is considered one of the most difficult to enter in Japan.

Questions people ask

  • Does Flying Colors end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is Flying Colors violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Flying Colors easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is Flying Colors scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Flying Colors sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

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.

62/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity20

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise93

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love90

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Flying Colors

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Flying Colors

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Flying Colors, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Flying Colors, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Flying Colors, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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