Kids on the Slope

Jazz, rain, and teenage yearning get equal billing in this sun-dappled melodrama about emotional detours. A straight-laced scholar and a hotheaded drummer bond over late-night piano sessions and the quiet chaos of growing up. It leans hard into moody stares, but the music actually makes you believe in soulful saxophone glances.

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Takahiro Miki directed Kids on the Slope in 2018. See Takahiro Miki's full filmography, where to start with Takahiro Miki, or where to go after you've seen everything by Takahiro Miki.

Kids on the Slope was released in 2018 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 120 minutes.