The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky

Directed by Yuki Tanada

Produced by Toei Video Company, TOEI CHANNEL

2012142 min6.7 / 10

A quiet, introspective portrait of damaged people finding fragile connection and meaning amid loneliness and social struggle.

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, this portrait of a group of vulnerable, variously wounded people — a depressed housewife, her high-school-aged lover, and his best friend, who is struggling to provide for himself and his senile grandmother — whose intersecting lives yield both sorrow and a fragile, yet enduring, hope for a brighter future.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky sad? Yes, very. More sad than 92% of films.

  • Is The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 58% of films.

  • Is The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky easy watching? 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.

46/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity30

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise55

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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