The Girl from the Other Side

The Girl from the Other Side

Directed by Yutaro Kubo, Satomi Maiya

Produced by WIT STUDIO, Twin Engine

202370 min7.7 / 10

A haunting, meditative dark fantasy about an unlikely bond between a human girl and a cursed being, told with lyrical restraint and visual beauty.

Once upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land. People feared the outer land, inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse. One day, on the border to the inner land inhabited by humans, one such being finds a girl on heaps of abandoned dead bodies. The girl says her name is Shiva and shows affection to the "being" who found her, calling him "Teacher." This is a story of two people—one human, one inhuman—who linger in the hazy twilight that separates night from day.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Girl from the Other Side sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is The Girl from the Other Side violent? Not especially. Less violent than 62% of films.

  • Is The Girl from the Other Side scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is The Girl from the Other Side easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does The Girl from the Other Side 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.

92/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise88

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love93

How much audiences actually like it

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