# A Madder Red (2021)

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**Original title**: *茜色に焼かれる*
**Runtime**: 144 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Yuya Ishii
**Written by**: Yuya Ishii
**Starring**: Machiko Ono, Iori Wada, Yuki Katayama, Joe Odagiri, Masatoshi Nagase, Hirota Otsuka

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Bittersweet family where a widow’s 7-year struggle juggles grief, elder care and a pandemic café. Her bullied son starts to crack under the pressure. A quietly observant chamber piece carried by three generations of stubborn love.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender

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