NIGHTBOOKS: Stylish Kid's Horror with a Focus on Acceptance
Nightbooks, the newest entry in children's horror, honors classic horror films, focuses on themes of acceptance, and has awesome production design.
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Yukie (Manami Usamaru) (28) a dental nurse in a rural town, doesn't verbalize her true feelings often but she dreams of living by the sea. This is vague desire becomes something more concrete when the relentless power harassment of her boss turns into sexual harassment and she makes the impulsive decision to flee to Tokyo with the clinic's cash. For one day, she can be free to do as she pleases and meets up with a guy on a dating app, Minato (Akihiro Yamamoto) (25), who is hiding his own inner pain. Together, they find they offer each other hope for a new life even as their old ones tether them to reality.
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Yukie (Manami Usamaru) (28) a dental nurse in a rural town, doesn't verbalize her true feelings often but she dreams of living by the sea. This is vague desire becomes something more concrete when the relentless power harassment of her boss turns into sexual harassment and she makes the impulsive decision to flee to Tokyo with the clinic's cash. For one day, she can be free to do as she pleases and meets up with a guy on a dating app, Minato (Akihiro Yamamoto) (25), who is hiding his own inner pain. Together, they find they offer each other hope for a new life even as their old ones tether them to reality.
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