Nana and Kaoru

Nana and Kaoru

Directed by Hideki Okamoto

Produced by AIC PLUS+

201125 min4.8 / 10

A lighthearted romantic comedy that uses BDSM mishap and fetish discovery as a vehicle for exploring a childhood friendship's unexpected romantic evolution.

Kaoru is a 17-year-old boy with an SM fetish, secretly dreaming of an SM relationship with his childhood friend Nana. One day Kaoru's mother asks Nana to hide all his SM toys so that he will study for a change. However, Nana finds the leather one-piece that Kaoru bought and tries it on, but she accidentally locks it and does not have the key! This is the beginning of a very strange relationship...

Questions people ask

  • Is Nana and Kaoru scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Nana and Kaoru sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is Nana and Kaoru violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does Nana and Kaoru end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Nana and Kaoru easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.

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16/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity55

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise7

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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