# Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets (2017)

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**Original title**: *氷菓*
**Runtime**: 114 min
**Genres**: Drama, Mystery
**Directed by**: Mari Asato
**Written by**: Mari Asato
**Starring**: Kento Yamazaki, Alice Hirose, Fujiko Kojima, Amane Okayama, Kanata Hongo, Yuki Saito

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Flickering fluorescent lights on a rainy afternoon a dusty club room a worn wooden desk 
Houtarou Oreki joins the Classics Club 
Mari Asato directs this subtle mystery unfolding.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, slow-burn, tender

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